The scars of our fathers: Remembering John Secord
The trauma of generations past can impact us today, but healing can be found.
Read More The scars of our fathers: Remembering John SecordThe trauma of generations past can impact us today, but healing can be found.
Read More The scars of our fathers: Remembering John SecordIf we are truly going to do our best to make a better society to live in, there are a whole lot of tough truths we are all going to have to face, and the largest one is likely this: we’ve been wrong about a lot of things. No matter who you are or what […]
Read More Christian sins: misplaced identity and making enemiesI’ve struggled with self-hatred for many years. I have a very difficult time giving myself any grace or forgiveness for the mistakes I’ve made and the struggles I’ve had. I hate my character defects and the way I’ve succumbed to fear and panic; the pain they’ve caused others. Over a year ago, a good friend […]
Read More Accepting yourself, accepting loveI write this specifically for one person whom I love. The Christian’s authority to act and speak on behalf of God The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me…Behold, I have given you authority to tread on […]
Read More Yes, God loves even youThe relationship I’ve been in for the last few months ended the other day. It’s been a bit on-again, off-again as hinted at in other posts of mine over that time frame. For those of you who know me well, the timing is somewhat ironic, as my rock-bottom moment in life came around 10 years […]
Read More Love lost and numbNow we come to it: what’s the point? I’ve shared most of my life’s story about how Christ healed me, and I’ve shared reasons along the way about why I believe Christianity to be true. But so what? Being healed from trauma and my own brokenness sure beats continuing to go around bleeding all over […]
Read More The meaning of life: My journey through life – Epilogue, Part IISome of us are lucky in love. We have a high school sweetheart, fall madly in love, get married and stay married for 60 years. Others of us, it doesn’t work out quite like that. Be it the inability to find anyone to love us; a lack of faithfulness by ourselves or our partner; abuse; […]
Read More How the heart heals and loves again