Easter Reminds Us All Things Are Possible

Easter Reminds Us All Things Are Possible

My theme word for the year is possible. During the Easter season, I am reflecting upon the pursuit of a Heavenly Father who makes all things possible. I think about how He beckons me to believe Him for the impossible. After all, the reality that I even call upon the...

Transformative Community for Boys with Absent Fathers

“You are the helper of the fatherless.” Psalm 10:14 In October, I celebrated the power of community to transform the lives of boys with absent fathers at the 25th Anniversary: Forgiveness Nashville at “The Shack” presented by The Family...
Letting Go of My Guilt

Letting Go of My Guilt

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...

Steps Toward Forgiveness

“Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.  Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” (Eph. 4:31-32) As a way to end the 3 part series on...

Forgiveness is (often) a One-Way Street

“Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Col. 3:13 At Sacred Story we describe our lives as a series of short stories that make up a God-authored novel. Some of the...