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June 24, 2014
Facing Truth: Amy Ivey’s {Redemptive} Story
I’m grateful to have Amy Ivey here today who is so beautifully and boldly sharing her story of sexual abuse. It’s not the “classic” way you may see sexual abuse, but I have learned through Dan Allender’s The Wounded Heart that the degree of abuse (or the amount of touching) matters very little in terms […]
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June 23, 2014
13 – Pioneer Parenting {parental fear}
I’m really excited to share this interview today, thanks to Family Life Today granting permission for this 2007 interview. We chatted about my book Building the Christian Family You Never Had. The Gist: The skinny on this episode is me telling my past story (and my parenting story) with a heavy backdrop of FEAR. Oh, […]
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June 20, 2014
A Sweet Letter
I received this email this week, and asked Kim’s permission to share it. She graciously said yes. Maybe you don’t have my story, but you do have pain in your past. … Dear Mary DeMuth, Thank you for being vocal when abuse would make you silent. Thank you for speaking out when abuse would sooner […]
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June 19, 2014
Our Marriage Story + Missions
Hubby and I have been married over twenty-three years. Interesting how missions wove in and through that event, even before we dated. We met at church. He, a praying guy who appeared magically after I’d been on a short term mission trip to Malaysia. Me, a freshly minted missionary girl, ready to start teaching English […]
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June 16, 2014
12 – 3 Things to Do When You’re Overlooked
Subscribe & listen to the Uncaged Podcast here. And if you could take a lightning flash moment and rate the podcast (by giving it stars), I would SO appreciate it. In this episode, I tell the story of meeting a big ministry leader and feeling quite small and overlooked. I’ll chat about how we can […]
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June 15, 2014
Sweet Sixteen, dear Julia
My dear, sweet, smart, empathetic girl is sixteen on the 16th, and I’m so wonderfully proud of the person she’s becoming. Some of you know our scare with her in the aftermath of my trip to Haiti a little over a year ago. I’m happy to report she’s doing amazing, just finished her sophomore year […]
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June 14, 2014
They took the post down.
I’m grateful for the staff at Leadership Journal who took down the sexual predator post yesterday. I’m humbled that I could lend a voice to this conversation, helping others see a victim’s perspective, and the mindset of some sexual offenders (that tend toward sociopathy and narcissism). I’m grateful for their appropriate apology. I’m grateful that […]
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June 13, 2014
They changed the meaning of the predator’s words
Is the purpose of editing to change the meaning of a piece so it no longer reflects the original intent of the author? Leadership Journal changed the words of the man who wrote the post about the crime he committed (see post here.). He wrote “we,” as in “We were riddled with guilt and tried […]
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Dear Man in Prison
Dear Man in Prison, Before you read this I want you to look at my picture. Yes, that’s me as a child, when I was raped. That innocent girl is no more. Though I have experienced bucketsful of healing, I still live hypervigilant. I still struggle with sex. I still have flashbacks. All because of […]
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June 12, 2014
Losing a Friend Because of Internet Words
So you may know I wrote this book. I’m grateful, but also sad. Every time I write a book, I learn something. And almost every time, the lesson I learn corresponds directly to the message of the book. (And surprise, surprise, this book has to do when other Christians hurt you). So when Thomas Nelson […]
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