How Do I Heal?
I don’t pretend to be an expert or to know everything about healing or growth in the spiritual realm, but I can tell you some techniques that helped me tremendously in my journey toward wholeness.
Toxic People
Toxic people. We have to be discerning enough to recognize toxic people and bold enough to deal with them—whatever the cost.
It’s Not My Fault!
I am so tired of the myth that it takes two to cause an affair. It simply isn’t true.
Three Truths About Divorce
The Word of God as a whole is about love and grace, about second chances. God is a God of forgiveness, of setting prisoners free. He is a God who redeems all things and brings beauty out of our broken lives.
The Truth About Emotional Abuse
I don’t remember what the fight was about, but I do remember it was obviously my fault. At least that’s what he told me.
Free At Last!!
Freedom. When you’ve been locked in a prison, it’s something you yearn for day after day.
It Takes Two and Other Myths About Adultery and Divorce
It takes two… I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase as it applies to many different things in this life. I spent the majority of my life believing that divorce took two, that if a divorce occurred it was because both people were responsible for the failure. I now know just how wrong that belief is. […]
It’s Not About You (Revisited)
I’ll never forget the conversation I had with my then husband about the woman he was having an affair with. “It’s just exhilarating that someone like that would be interested in me,” he said. Adultery hits at the core of your being. Every ounce of self-confidence and self-respect you carry is destroyed. You look in […]
On the Church and Divorce: Thoughts About Paige Patterson and the SBC
The last few weeks, a firestorm of controversy has erupted in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Allegations against Paige Patterson, now president emeritus at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, have been made public, allegations that include his stance that women should stay with their abusive husbands and his mishandling of a rape on a seminary campus […]
