Toxic people can ruin any church event with their personal agenda, bad theology, or conspiracy theories. This post gives seven practical steps to address the toxic church member.

Toxic church people can dominate your church and ruin the experience for everyone. How do you confront the toxic church member? This post will help you to understand their shame based motivation. Part Two will give you seven steps to confronting them.

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.

Setting boundaries is not meant to punish. But consequences are necessary to gain the space and respect you desire. Here are seven steps to creating healthy boundaries in a relationship.

When you’ve experienced a personal setback or failure in life, it leads you to a place of “exile.” Exile is a lonely place where, if mishandled, you can get stuck for years. But God speaks to his people in exile and shows them how to return from it.

Messing up your life can lead to a lonely place. You might even think that God has given up on you. But is that true? Could it be that God is closer to you in your failure than in your success?

God’s forgiveness is something that you may talk about. But have you received it? And if so, has it changed you? God’s forgiveness is meant to not only relieve your guilt but to add to your life… make you a better person.

The story of Jean Valjean in the play, Les Miserables, is a deeply moving and powerful narrative that highlights the transformative power of forgiveness and how it can profoundly change a person’s life. This post will explore the true impact of forgiveness, illustrating how extending grace can not only help set someone else free from their past but also bring healing and freedom to yourself in unexpected ways.

Have you ever wondered what the story of Jesus was all about? God’s love moved him to send Jesus to provide a way for us to be in relationship with God. Now there is nothing keeping us from knowing God.

When we offend someone, our natural tendency is to think that our failure has ruined the relationship and the person we offended will withhold their love from us. This is true how we think of God as well. But the truth is that God is more concerned about preserving his relationship with you over making sure you behave.

There’s a purpose for guilt. But sometimes we hold onto guilt once it’s served its purpose. And then it becomes destructive. This post looks at guilt and the power of being forgiven.

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.

There is a debate among Bible believing people. Some believe that God’s forgiveness is conditional, that he only forgives people who “repent,” that is, change their lives. Others believe that God’s forgiveness is unconditional, meaning that he forgives us and that act of grace causes many people to change their behavior.

Is there hope for the future when you’ve made a mess of your life? Can you ever be forgiven or forgive yourself? This is the second post in a series that looks at these questions and offers answers that will encourage you and bring you hope.

Eliot Spitzer, the former governor of New York, was known as a man who fought corruption with a vengeance only to be exposed as a regular user of a high dollar prostitution ring. When you’ve done something so bad, is there any hope of recovery? This post begins a series looking at that question.

Has a personal setback recently put you on the sidelines of life, making you feel disconnected and discouraged? Do you often feel as though you may never fully regain what was lost or return to the path you once knew? Explore valuable principles of recovery and healing from “crash and burn” experiences through this insightful series of posts designed to guide and encourage you.

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.

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.

What do you do when a good friend or family member is on course to crash and burn? How far do you go to help them? Learn crucial steps to take in helping people to recover.

If you've hit rock bottom, there's a way back. Discover five essential steps to recover from a crash and burn, rebuild your credibility, and begin your journey to a comeback.