A Guide on Healing

In Christian circles, we hear about wounds and healing from those wounds all the time. We understand that these wounds are typically not physical, but rather they are deeply emotional; ones that have a lasting effect. But what does it mean to seek healing? What does it mean to ultimately be healed? Until fairly recently…

Bullying, Repression, and Healing

I saw his face pop up from the seat in front of me. “Well, what do we have today?” I remained silent. The bus, far from being brand new, jumped and rattled violently with every little bump in the road it passed over. I clinched onto my lunch box tighter and stared out the window,…

To The Women Who Felt Pressured: Healing From Past Sexual Sin

Hey, girl! I want to speak into the heaviness on your heart. A heaviness I know well. The weight of past experiences with sexual sin that have left you feeling numb, empty, or confused about your goodness.  I want you to know something… You have the right to feel hurt.  I don’t know the fullness…

Divorce Is Never Easy

There’s no other way of expressing how painful divorce is when it happens to you. Reality never hit me as hard as it did once I moved out of the house I grew up in. As we moved some of our furniture into the cheap, rinky-dink apartment my mom hastily found in the adjacent town,…

Breaking Up With Worth

Breakups, the good the bad the ugly- the heartbreaking. Breakups are annoying, hurtful, gut wrenching, maybe joyful, and filled with lots of ice cream. We all have our own description of what a breakup feels like, but I am willing to say that many breakups will lead us to question who we are as a…