An Apology Letter for Healing Your Church Hurt It seems like it was just yesterday. My younger brother was in trouble. It seemed he was regularly getting a spanking or having to atone for something he had done that day. I think I was about ten years old, and he Read more…
How to Load up on the Good and Get Rid of the Bad Author Dave Ramsey tells the most intriguing story about his wife’s regular practices after she runs. Her name is Sharon. As an avid runner, Sharon has a schedule that she keeps and some habits that she follows. Read more…
How to Find Greater Peace in Your Outdoor Spaces Our home’s exterior space is an often underutilized source of peace and tranquility. Truly, connecting with nature is healthy and healing for humans, but sometimes, we lose touch with its beauty while focusing on family, church, or our careers. A dedicated Read more…
Recovering from Sexual Abuse: The Role of Prayer Recovering from sexual abuse is a deeply personal and challenging journey, often filled with a mix of emotions and complex stages of healing. For survivors, the process is particularly daunting when abuse occurs in spaces intended to provide safety, like medical settings. Read more…
4 Ways the Holy Spirit REVEALS Truth to You and Me My mother gave them to us almost every Sunday in church. They were the coolest little pencil puzzle books. If you would turn your pencil to the side and brush it back and forth across the page, an image Read more…
Forming Friendships in Later Life: A How-To Guide As we move into the later stages of life, forming new friendships can be both a rewarding and fulfilling experience. Strong social connections are vital for emotional well-being, mental stimulation, and even physical health. But making friends in later life can feel Read more…
Turning 2 Chronicles 7:14 Into Your Personal Prayer I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we are living in some unusual and rather chaotic times right now. Consistently, we hear about hurricanes and floods and storms and crime. Our communities, our churches, our families, our businesses, our cities, our states, Read more…
What Can You Do When Someone Pulls a Chair Out From Under You? It happened almost daily. Someone would come back to class after a bathroom break, prepare to sit in their yellow plastic chair and pull up to their desk, begin to sit down, and then… The Unexpected. No Read more…
It was unbelievable really. She had quit her job to be home with the kids while they were babies. The very same week, her husband lost his job. All of a sudden, they had a huge house and no income. And the utility bill was due. They only told a Read more…
Healing Through Hope: An Easy Guide to Christian-Based Addiction Treatment Addiction devastates lives and relationships severely. So, treatment is recommended. Truly, structured treatment interventions rescue individuals trapped by substance dependence or harmful behaviors. In addition, for Christians battling addictions, faith-based rehabilitation programs offer compassionate clinical care. Also, these programs nurture Read more…
Keys For Finding Joy in Your Life Would you agree with this… “Happiness depends on external circumstances, but joy depends on the heart.” Why or why not? And, what is joy? How can you and I have more joy in our lives? “Just as the Father has loved Me, I Read more…
Promises to Cling to When You Are Walking Through a Dark Valley Unexplainable. Painful. Hurtful. Hard. They are Dark Valleys. Promises to Cling to When You Are Walking Through a Dark Valley All of us travel through them from time to time. There is no way around them. Life can’t Read more…