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August 14, 2014
Why Our Kids Date (and don’t court)
Recently, my friend Thomas Umstattd of Author Media (who built this website) posted about Courting. It’s definitely worth a read. “Why Courtship is Fundamentally Flawed.” I’ve long pondered this idea, particularly after I Kissed Dating Goodbye hit the bookshelves so many years ago. Something about it made me uncomfortable. Not that I didn’t want to […]
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Is hanging out in a coffeeshop, church?
One of my most trafficked blog posts is Spiritual Abuse: 10 Ways to Spot it. While I’m not an expert on spiritually abusive churches or ministries, I’ve had my share of negative experiences, some bordering on abuse. As I read through the comments, I saw a lot of hurting people, some of whom have left […]
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August 11, 2014
20 – The Hidden Vows that Make us Sick
I had a product on this site where I shared the healing journey, how God heals your broken heart. Instead of selling it, I am going to give it to you for free in six installments. This is installment number five. Hooray! The Gist: Today we’re going to talk about the vows we quietly make […]
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August 8, 2014
For those who shame-whip themselves
What if instead of berating ourselves for our failures and sins and besetting weaknesses, we remember that the sweetness of God informs our worth? What if instead of thinking, “God must be angry at me for all my struggles,” we think, “I am utterly grateful that He sees me as his beloved daughter/son. Nothing I […]
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August 7, 2014
Sex is Scary for Sexual Abuse Victims
This is the post that started me down the path to write Not Marked: Finding Hope and Healing after Sexual Abuse. It first appeared on Deeper Story. … I sat in the audience, taking notes, my heart sinking deeper into itself. Failure hollered so loudly I wondered if others could hear it. Women laughed, […]
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August 4, 2014
19 – Do I really have to forgive?
I had a product on this site where I shared the healing journey, how God heals your broken heart. Instead of selling it, I am going to give it to you for free in six installments. This is installment number four. Hooray! The Gist: We cannot heal if we hold on to bitterness and unforgiveness. […]
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July 31, 2014
Jim
I never called you Dad. Not Daddy. Father. Papa. Always Jim. Which kept a somewhat safe distance between our hearts in the aftermath of divorce. We spent parts of weekends together as a part of a legal agreement. And yet. You so desperately wanted me to understand you, to know you–the eccentric artist, the light-years-ahead-of-me […]
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July 29, 2014
You may never be popular {but that’s okay.}
I posted this on Facebook yesterday, and it blew up (in a good way.) So I wanted to share it here, with you, my faithful, sweet, praying readers. I pray these words of frailty reach your heart. … I’ve come to the conclusion that God is sovereign over my career/writing/ministry/speaking. He can do whatever He […]
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July 28, 2014
18 – The Beautiful Difficult Power of Truth Telling
I had a product on this site where I shared the healing journey, how God heals your broken heart. Instead of selling it, I am going to give it to you for free in six installments. This is installment number three. Hooray! The Gist: We cannot heal in untruth. We cannot heal telling ourselves lies. […]
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July 25, 2014
Three Stories of Awesome
Today is my friend Twilla’s birthday, though I cannot celebrate with her. She parties on heavenly beaches right now. I wonder if she’s encountered my friend Mike. Or Dr. Willhite. … My calendar reminds me of a standing appointment I have with a friend of mine, only our lives and calendars haven’t allowed for weekly […]
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