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April 2026

April 10, 2026

Stop Living in the Land of What If

I thought I had a plan. Not a vague idea. A real plan. Timelines. Decisions....

January 2026

January 23, 2026

When Submission in Marriage Gets Twisted & Misused

Some teachings in the church have caused more subtle damage than anyone wants to admit....

November 2025

November 30, 2025

When Porn Isn’t About Sex

I’ve sat across from more men than I can count, their eyes down, voice shaking,...

November 16, 2025

Your Kids Absorb What You Never Say

You can sit in a room and never open your mouth, yet still deliver a...

October 2025

October 14, 2025

The Mystery at Doomzana (A Modern-Day Parable)

Before you dive into this short story, let me invite you to slow down and...

July 2025

July 31, 2025

How to Rebuild Trust After You’ve Broken It

There is no easy or gentle way to say it: I set my house on...

June 2025

June 10, 2025

The Mistake That’s Wrecking Marriages and Families

You’re standing in the kitchen, cutting crusts off a PB&J while your spouse silently scrolls...

April 2025

April 29, 2025

Finding Hope Beyond the Three Hardest ‘F’ Words in Divorce

I never imagined I would walk through the valley of divorce. My grandfather and grandmother...

April 11, 2025

How to Heal After a Church Leader Lets You Down

Let’s have a little heart-to-heart, shall we? Some of you have given up on God,...

December 2024

December 31, 2024

A New Year’s Resolution About Friendship Breakups

True friendship is a gift we sometimes take for granted. A devoted friend is a...

December 03, 2024

Lessons Learned From The Original Sister Wives

The story of Leah and Rachel, known to some as the “original sister wives,” is...

November 2024

November 26, 2024

What Our Reactions To Others Reveal About Ourselves

Have you noticed that the traits or behaviors we see, dislike, and criticize in others...

November 19, 2024

Family: The Other “F” Word That Sparks Either Joy or Terror

Family. One simple word, and a common word at that, but one “f” word that...

October 2024

October 08, 2024

Why The Cancel Culture Isn’t Christlike: Grace Over Judgment

We live in a world where rejection and revulsion are far too common. The cancel...

October 01, 2024

Surviving The Storms: When Life’s Pain Feels Unbearable

Life is hard sometimes. I don’t mean splinter-in-your-finger hard. I mean, you’re in so much...

September 2024

September 15, 2024

Broken But Not Defeated: Finding Hope In The Darkness

We are all wounded. All. Of. Us. I’m not bringing this up to minimize my poor...

September 03, 2024

The High Cost Of Marital Failure

From the outside, my marriage looked fine. We didn’t fight or scream, curse at, or...

August 2024

August 20, 2024

Beliefs That Bamboozle And Betray Us

Most of us have a plethora of lies etched into our souls. As a result...

July 2024

July 30, 2024

How To Deal With Depression Before It Deals With You

Is it possible that God wants to use our pain, even our self-inflicted agony and...

July 23, 2024

Why You Mustn’t Live In The Land Of What Ifs

People who constantly stress about what-ifs are problematic because they typically go to a place of worry...

July 10, 2024

What You Can Do About The Rise In Teen Suicides

More teenagers die from suicide than from cancer, birth defects, heart disease, pneumonia, and influenza—combined....

July 02, 2024

The Unmasked And Naked Truth About Humans

Our way of life is far from perfect on this side of eternity. The unmasked...

June 2024

June 26, 2024

What To Do When A Relationship Is Broken

Relationships make life worth living despite stress or a less-than-fun situation. The importance of relationships...

June 19, 2024

You Don’t Have To Like Me

The desire to be liked and approved by others runs deep in most of us—maybe...

June 14, 2024

Why You Shouldn’t Listen To All The Religious Voices

Many things in the Bible are not as black and white as we would like....

June 07, 2024

How To Find Hope Despite A Broken Relationship

Sometimes, failure stares me in the face and seems to mock my very existence. In...

May 2024

May 31, 2024

Life After Divorce (Yes, It’s Possible)

Divorce is costly. Though not an unpardonable sin, when we fail at marriage, we will...

May 25, 2024

What I Hate About Christians (Us/Me)

Christians, like all humans, are far from perfect and subject to the same idiocy as...

May 15, 2024

Why Weird Is Wonderful (Seriously)

No one is truly normal. Everyone has quirks. Everybody has something somewhere in their past...

May 01, 2024

Three Ways to Handle Religious Bullies

A lot of Christians reacted in anger when I posted on my social media accounts...

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