Healing

For The Christian Who STILL Wrestles With Mental Illness.

You would NEVER look at a first responder with a limp or a missing limb or a wound and think “you have no value, you shouldn’t be here.” Yet we are walking with invisible wounds, living inside them everyday, and we tell ourselves the most horrible things.

The Stories We Tell & The People Who Wound Us

I’m very careful about the stories I tell here. Primarily, because I know that sharing my stories will harm people I love dearly. I stick to generalities. Don’t give names. Rarely even refer to specific people. NEVER give descriptions. Even my vague posts of childhood trauma and abuse have been met with rage, bitterness, andContinueContinue reading “The Stories We Tell & The People Who Wound Us”

When Christians Go No Contact

But, if I made a good choice, dare I even say, a wise choice…then it’s fair to ask myself what I’ve gained and what I’ve lost for the better.

Abuse After Abuse: Finding Freedom From Past, Present, and Future Abuse

It takes time. It takes the mighty work of God inside us. But healing is possible. And so is hope.

I Collect Dead, Dying Things. I Collect Brokenness.

I found this coin when I was 10 years old. I was camping about an hour east of Seattle, deep in the mountains, and as I walked barefoot through the camp sites I suddenly felt something underneath my feet that seemed out of place. I looked down to see a square coin, and couldn’t believeContinueContinue reading “I Collect Dead, Dying Things. I Collect Brokenness.”

God Doesn’t Make Mistakes, So It’s Impossible For You To Be One

I’ve heard God doesn’t make mistakes. I’ve heard it is impossible… Everything about you. Your nationality, your skin color, gender, hair texture. How expressive or reserved you are. How introverted or extroverted you are. Your ability to sing or create art or to fearlessly barrel race horses. Your laugh. NONE OF IT IS A MISTAKE.ContinueContinue reading “God Doesn’t Make Mistakes, So It’s Impossible For You To Be One”

Child Abuse Is The Social Justice Issue We’ve All Been Overlooking

I listened to a podcast today that talked about how, in the Bible, there is no concept of separate justice issues. There is only JUSTICE and INJUSTICE. Preach! When you start talking about injustice, child abuse doesn’t really jump to the forefront of your mind. Because it hides in plain sight, and like a deadly bacteriaContinueContinue reading “Child Abuse Is The Social Justice Issue We’ve All Been Overlooking”

How Understanding Your Eternal Value Allows You to Free Yourself From Abuse

There is a cost for every choice. And what you sacrifice or willingly offer up either wounds your soul or else repairs it. Because you are not just flesh and bone and blood pumping through veins. You are spirit. You are soul. You are deeply and irrevocably eternal. If you are going to heal somethingContinueContinue reading “How Understanding Your Eternal Value Allows You to Free Yourself From Abuse”

Listen to me. We are NEVER going back (R-rated)…

Let go of the people who say they love you but hold everything against you. Because true love doesn’t keep a record of wrongs. Let go of the people who tear down your dreams with wild words of incapable fears. Because real love always hopes. Let go of the people, even the family and oldContinueContinue reading “Listen to me. We are NEVER going back (R-rated)…”

What Happens When You Tell Your Story Out Loud

I remember the way my body shook the first time I typed up my story. The words just poured out of my fingertips, like water tipped over that cannot stop from spilling. It was gonna happen anyway. And maybe the water had actually been waiting all that time. Waiting to be tipped. It still amazesContinueContinue reading “What Happens When You Tell Your Story Out Loud”