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What Keeps You Up at Night?

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCJune 20, 2025 Uncategorized0 comments
I know when my mind is running at full-steam ahead and I find myself having to carry a small notebook with me, not to mention having to keep that same small notebook on my bedstand as I sleep and on my sink counter while I get ready in the morning. It’s a notebook that contains all my aspirations for Chrysalis, my future self, my parenting goals, and my vacation and travel plans. It’s my Book...
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Where Does It Hurt?

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCJune 13, 2025 Uncategorized0 comments
We’ve all heard the phrase: “Hurt people hurt people.” It’s often spoken with a sigh, an attempt to make sense of someone else’s sharp words, distant demeanor, or destructive behavior. It reminds us that pain doesn’t stay neatly packed inside—it leaks out, spills over, and sometimes lashes out. But too often, we stop there, diagnosing the symptom without asking the deeper...
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Settling for Resurrection and Forgetting to Ascend

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCJune 6, 2025 Uncategorized0 comments
Our image this week is my favorite piece of resurrection stained glass. This piece can be found at The Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. John in Albuquerque, NM off of the main sanctuary. What I find most striking is Jesus is not represented in the glass art – Jesus is gone! We teach that we are a resurrection people. We proclaim this truth with confidence on Easter morning, with lilies in...
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The Butterfly Effect: Celebrating 5 Years of Chrysalis Counseling For Clergy!

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCJune 5, 2025 Uncategorized0 comments
This week, Chrysalis Counseling for Clergy 501(c)3 turns five. What began as a DMIN dissertation dream, has grown into a movement of hope and healing. This ministry was born out of transformation – And like the butterfly effect itself, small acts of care and compassion have rippled outward in powerful and unexpected ways. The title of this reflection, The Butterfly Effect, is a...
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The Fire That Connects

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCMay 29, 2025 Uncategorized0 comments
Every October, the skies over Albuquerque, New Mexico, come alive with color as hundreds of hot air balloons from across the country rise for the annual International Balloon Fiesta. Each evening, those same balloons line up for a luminous spectacle called the Glow. As darkness falls, massive orbs inflate, light up, and ignite—fire roaring into their bellies. The crowds cheer, laugh, and...
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Tell Me about your North Star

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCMay 22, 2025 Uncategorized0 comments
We all have something—or someone—that helps us navigate the chaos. A voice we return to when the noise is too loud. A truth that grounds us. A presence that brings clarity when everything else feels like fog. In the ancient world, sailors didn’t have GPS or satellite maps. They had stars—especially one – The North Star. It didn’t move like the others. It remained constant, a fixed...
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Mother’s Day: A Day of Remembrance

by Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks. LPCCMay 15, 2025 Uncategorized0 comments
Later today – if all goes well – I will emerge from my weekly Sunday nap and remember to call my mother, and I will remember to call my brother to remind him to call our mother, and I will remember to tell my daughter to call both of her grandmothers because today is Mother’s Day! Every second Sunday in May, florists rejoice, restaurants fill up, and social media timelines overflow...
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Transitions & a Cup of Coffee

I am a big fan of coffee – church coffee, boutique coffee, Starbucks. It does not completely matter to me if my coffee originates from an espresso maker crafted ever so carefully with beautiful artwork showing through the foam from the local coffee shop, or straight from the verismo tucked in the corner of my office. I just enjoy my coffee.

I am also a fan of sharing sacred conversations with those dearest and most important to me over something as simple or complex as a cup of coffee. Conversations that are light and fun that share in celebrations and excitement, and conversations that sit on the soul in a different way. It’s the conversations of life, and laughter, tears, frustrations, broken relationships, and reconciliation. I enjoy a full life of connection.

I find myself this season seeped in sacred conversations embodied by the topic of transitions. These sacred conversations are conversations I find myself having with others as well as with myself. Transitions that include relationship shifts, employment discernment, and faith community affiliations. And yes, these conversations often happen over a simple, yet complex cup of coffee which for me, serves as a reminder of that which is a constant in my life – a grounding if you will to what is present, now. 

I encourage each of you to find your grounding  – in the midst of simple and complicated and complex conversations which is what makes life so very rich. Seek out those whom you love and care for dearly, and share in this grounding wherever those moments take you. 

Grace & Peace,

The Chrysalis Team

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