More Power Than We Know

More Power Than We Know

I believe in change and healing because I believe in Jesus and his resurrection power.

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Capital-T Trauma & lower-case-t trauma

Capital-T Trauma & lower-case-t trauma

Trauma, in my mind, was reserved for those who had something REALLY REALLY BAD HAPPEN to them. But my stuff? It hurt but I got through it.

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Does God (Still) Heal?

Does God (Still) Heal?

Let’s think about something…think about your life…think about ways you have hurt or injured your body over the course of your lifetime. You may have scars, sure, but you’re not still bleeding from that papercut when you were ten.

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Reframe the Shame

Reframe the Shame

Can I give you a little red flag to look for? If you hear yourself should-ing yourself, you might be in shame territory.

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Toxic People

Toxic People

My definition of a toxic person is someone who is more bad for you than good for you, overall or even for a season; either in that they are hurting you or bringing out the worst in you, intentionally or unintentionally.

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Living at Peace with Everyone Includes Ourselves

Living at Peace with Everyone Includes Ourselves

I wish there were a thing…a word…a concept…where when you were in a relationship with someone for a time and something went badly and it ended but you have forgiven (and you have hopefully been forgiven, but this is not up to you) and yet you both move on with your lives without the other in it…without shame that you’re a bad Christian for not wanting to still be in relationship with the person who has hurt you.

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