Taeler’s Story: At Christmas time I started to receive messages on social media that were meant to harm me. Called a slut and a whore, I heard many other statements about my sexuality that still make me too sick to verbalize. What made the situation worse, is...
Terri’s Story: I wasted 28 years allowing shame to control me. I hid myself in places I thought God wouldn’t see – outside the walls of my church, inside the walls of a wine bottle or a bar or a sham of a marriage. I didn’t realize it then, but God was in every...
Amy’s Story: Our daughter Claire was 20 months old when my husband and I surprisingly discovered we would be expecting again. What we planned as a celebration weekend to tell Gramma and Papa that our beauty of a little girl would be a big sister turned into our...
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it to the full” (John 10:10). I have lately heard people blame themselves. Sometimes the blame takes the form of declarative statements: “This injury is my fault.” ...
Vickie’s Story: My first husband and I lived on old farmland in the Midwest with deer on our property. We enjoyed spending time outside with our dogs and cooking on the grill. During the summer, I suddenly woke up one morning with incredible neck and back pain,...
