Finding Purpose by Serving Others
If you are looking to find your purpose in life, it may not be in a career or even a ministry. The Bible gives us a good indication of our purpose by listening to an ancient prophet.
How to Write a Better Story for Your Life
If you don’t like the way your life is turning out, perhaps it’s time to take control and write a better, more fulfilling story for your life. This post provides four practical steps to help you begin crafting a new and improved life narrative.
How to Recover from Loss, Grief, and Exile
Experiencing loss is much like being sent into a deep emotional exile. The intense grief that accompanies loss can leave you feeling isolated and disconnected from the life you once knew and cherished. However, it is possible to find your way back. Here are five practical steps you can take to begin the journey of healing and restoration, ultimately returning to a life full of hope and flourishing.
Deep Hurt, Deep Healing: Finding a New Identity in Christ
This is part three in a four-part series on Deep Hurt, Deep Healing, focusing on how to overcome the persistent pain of shame. In this post, F. Remy Diederich explores how God’s boundless love and unconditional forgiveness serve as the essential starting point for the deep healing process. By embracing these truths, you can begin to reclaim your life fully and move forward towards lasting restoration and peace.
Deep Hurt, Deep Healing: What is Shame
If you have been deeply hurt, have you found deep healing? Our hurt is often rooted in the pain of shame. But what is shame and where did it come from? Why to we suffer from it? This post will explore these questions.
Unconditional Forgiveness: Is it Biblical?
Unconditional forgiveness is the belief that you forgive someone even if they show no sign of remorse or change. Is this biblical? In this post you will learn about the three levels of forgiveness outlined in the Bible.
Set Healthy Boundaries: Four guidelines
People often wonder if it’s good to set boundaries in a relationship. If so, where and how? Did Jesus have boundaries? This post will offer some direction and guidelines for setting boundaries in your relationships to help them be more successful and less stressful.
Two Halves of Life (Richard Rohr) - Day 23
Richard Rohr speaks about there being two halves to life. In order to successfully enter the second half it requires a stripping of much of what you’ve worked hard to achieve. This post is part of a series taken from the book, Return from Exile.
god’s Forgiveness Makes You Perfect In his Eyes
The forgiveness of God is often misunderstood. It’s underestimated. The Bible tells us that God’s forgiveness is so complete that the forgiven person is viewed as perfect in God’s eyes. If you long for God’s forgiveness, this post is for you.
Exile always follows a Crash and Burn
When you hit rock bottom after a crash and burn experience, you may feel like you are in exile. But exile isn't a dead end—it's a new beginning. Learn how this period of separation from your old life offers a fresh perspective and helps you rebuild your relationship with God.
How to Recover from a Crash and Burn
When self-destruction hits, why is exile essential? Learn how this period of separation helps you break cycles, start over, and transform your past into a powerful comeback story.
Steps to Recover from a Crash and Burn
If you've hit rock bottom, there's a way back. Discover 5 essential steps to recover from a crash and burn, rebuild credibility, and begin your journey to a comeback.
Regret Proof Your Life With Better Decisions
Tired of bad decisions and future regret? Discover seven powerful keys to regret-proof your life by learning to be present, anticipate, and make wise choices.
Forgiveness, Boundaries and Family
Offering forgiveness is not easy. There are many factors to consider. In this post I answer three questions from readers about forgiving family members and setting boundaries.
Tough Questions and Answers about Forgiveness
In this post I answer two tough questions from readers about forgiveness and setting boundaries. What questions do you have about forgiving others or being forgiven?
How to apologize well – Three Ways to Rebuild Trust
Reconciliation requires the ability to forgive and the ability to rebuild the trust that has been lost. This post looks at three ways to rebuild trust.
How to apologize well – Part Four: Rebuild Trust
How do you apologize well and sincerely? What practical steps can you take to restore a broken relationship and move toward healing? There are four important components to making an effective and meaningful apology. In this post, I focus on the fourth and final component: the process of rebuilding trust.
How to apologize well – Part Three: Ask Forgiveness
In this series on how to apologize well, I look at four components of an effective apology. In this post I look at how to ask for forgiveness.
How To Apologize Well - Part Two: Express Sorrow
There are four key components to a true apology. But many people fail to offer all four well. In this post I discuss the importance of expressing true sorrow to regain the trust that has been broken in a relationship.
How to apologize well - part one: admit
An authentic apology requires four essential parts, yet most people unfortunately fail to address all four components effectively. This post serves as the first installment in a new series where I will explore the critical need to honestly and fully admit what you did to offend someone. It is only when you take this complete responsibility that the person you have hurt will be willing to even consider offering you forgiveness.