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June 2026

June 14, 2026

Does Divorce Permanently Disqualify a Pastor?

Few church questions can divide a room faster than this one. Can a divorced and...

September 2025

September 05, 2025

Not Guilty: Living Free From Shame by God’s Grace

I had a dream the other night. And before you read too much into this,...

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 03, 2025

God’s Love in Brokenness: Finding Grace & Hope

Finding Hope in the Ruins: God’s Love in Brokenness The other night, I was driving...

May 2025

May 20, 2025

From Ruin to Redemption: One Man’s Comeback

There’s nothing quite like a divorce to make you feel like you’ve just been handed...

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...

December 2024

December 17, 2024

Adult Kids, Divorce, And Christmas

They don’t tell you this when you’re signing divorce papers, but you’re not just parting...

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...

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...

April 2024

April 28, 2024

Are Divorced People Stupid?

Despite how many in the Church treat divorced people, divorce is not an unpardonable sin. Nonetheless, it’s...

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