The Board Room
Eyebrows. Let me see your eyebrows and I will tell you what you are feeling. When my husband and I fight I will often ask him to change his eyebrows and because he loves me and knows my story he works hard to change the look on his face to communicate his desire to engage in the process of repair. I feel sudden shame, fear, and worry when someone’s eyebrows look at me with disdain. My husband is a pastor and together we’ve been in ministry for 20 years. In order to teach about the kindness and love of the Father he will often have his students imagine the face of God and have them describe what they see. This illustration comes to mind because my deep attachment I have with God can be full of anxiety rather than trust. When I see his face looking at me it is not always full of kindness and compassion, but eyebrows of dissatisfaction. Often when I think about God and where he spends his time, it’s in the board room surrounded by a group of white men making rules, laws, declar...
