Two things stood out to me during Holy Week. First, as I was getting ready for church on Maundy Thursday, I realized the stark contrast...

Years ago, in Sunday school class we watched a video by Bill Hybels, The Power of a Whisper: Hearing God, Having the Guts to Respond . It...

As I wrote a post about the night my high school boyfriend punched me in the face and the frozen pack of vegetables I held on my cheek...

After hearing more of my high school dating experience, one of our board members recently asked me, “Where’s the Happy Ending”? As a...

What does it mean to be healthy? There’s physical, emotional, mental health and spiritual health. Healthy traits, healthy communication,...

Recently someone made a comment about my willingness to stand in front of others and share the details of how an abusive relationship...

The delight and excitement on this child's face caught my attention and reminded me so much of life with little kids - when everything is...

When my kids were young and sometimes bickered, I talked with them about the verses about love from 1 Corinthians 13. After we talked, I...

As a teenager, Dee Dee (on the right in the photo with her BFF, circa 1990) dated a boy that abused her verbally, emotionally,...