Domestic Violence can be anything from a look to a gunshot. Emotional abuse can be just as damaging as physical injury. Ask anyone who lives with the debilitating effects of manipulation and control. Emotional abuse has been described as the slow and sile...

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Let’s talk about the “F” word for survivors. “FORGIVENESS” is just as offensive a word to most survivors as the real “F” word is to some people because it implies so many erroneous  ideas.  Once again it puts th...

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Anger is a valuable emotion but many people feel it is a negative that must be purged from their lives. Anger is  intended to be a signal that an injustice has taken place either to yourself or to others. The Bible actually commands us to “Be angry...

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The Miracle of Easter is not that Christ rose from the grave. He’s God. He can do that. He didn’t need our help or our permission. The real miracle is that God resurrects our lives and brings beauty from ashes.  That does, however, require ou...

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To families everywhere who celebrate this day with memories too personal and too precious for outsiders to share. We all have a mother and everyone’s memories are unique to them alone. We have a day set aside to honor those who not only gave us life...

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This Father’s Day… I want to pay tribute to those men who stand in the gap for absentee fathers; those who are fathers to the fatherless. I work with a lot of children who do not have a father in their lives. Or worse yet, the fathers are ther...

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