Grief is not a place to live but a process to move through to a place where life is good again. Henri Nouwen offers his wisdom on how to approach loss.

Do you fully understand the depth of God’s grace? Too often people limit the idea of God’s grace to simply forgiveness. But God’s grace is much more than forgiveness. His grace gives you a new status with Him and the power to change your life.

Should a wife submit to her husband? The Bible says so, but some people weaponize the Bible against women. So, how do we make sense of the Bible? Maybe we are asking the wrong question.

This is the final post in a four-part series focused on how to find deep healing from a significant and profound hurt. The concluding steps involve embracing your new identity in God and welcoming His Spirit fully into your life. Additionally, you will find a list of helpful resources to support you on your healing journey.

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.

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.

What are the secrets to a successful marriage? This post outlines some of the lessons my wife and I learned in over 40 years of marriage as well as how to divorce-proof your marriage.

Churches that spiritually abuse people often share several common characteristics. This post lists six key traits outlined in the book, Churches that Abuse, which will help you to identify these harmful patterns.

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.

Too often, Christians simplify their talks with clichés and jargon. This can feel disrespectful to both people and God. We can do better. This post explains why using clichés and jargon doesn’t help share your faith clearly.

If toxic pastors are so bad, why are they so rarely confronted? Here are ten reasons people fail at confronting an abusive pastor. See if you can relate.

There are many reasons why some people choose not to believe in God. Often, these reasons are deeply connected to negative or painful experiences within church communities. This post explores five common reasons why individuals decide to stop believing in God, while also offering one positive reason that encourages faith.

Jesus’ words on divorce and marriage can feel condemning. What was his point? If you are divorced, what does his words mean for you? This post will offer you a better understanding of Jesus’ teaching.

Sometimes a checklist is necessary to confirm what we think is true. Here is a 20 point spiritual abuse checklist to help you determine if you are in a spiritually abusive church or organization.

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.

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?