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After My Last Divorce, I Experienced a Setback Only to Realize I Was Set Up
I’ve always been a bit of a dreamer. When I was a little girl, I played outside every day until dinnertime. I’d find different places to explore and hide — in my backyard under the canopy of a small tree, on the hill behind my house, or in the old barn with my...
Run, Tonyah, Run: My Exercise Disorder Finally Forced Me To Run Toward My Problems Instead of Away From Them
I laced up my sneakers and headed out the door. It was the early eighties, and I beat Forrest Gump to the punch by more than a decade before he ran cross-country in the iconic eponymous film. Forrest (Tom Hanks) had just consummated his love with Jenny (Robin...
What Does it Mean To Grieve With God?
Throughout life, we use the word grief to describe a wide range of responses to an even wider range of circumstances. But what actually is grief? Grief is a natural response to a change or loss of something you once had in your life or to something you wanted but...
Are You Stuck? Where the Paths of Resistance and Acceptance Can Take You
God’s Mighty Spirit speaks to us in a variety of ways. We can hear it in our hearts, scripture, music, trusted friends, nature, in our circumstances, in our coping mechanisms, and during devoted prayer time. If we’re open to it, we can hear His voice anywhere....
What Is a Toxic Relationship?
I didn’t grow up with abuse of any kind, but I married it, once. It’s taken me years to understand and define the damage caused by emotional toxins. Like environmental toxins that slowly destroy the earth, these toxins pollute the body, soul, and spirit causing a...