Two Choices in a Season of Suffering

Two Choices in a Season of Suffering

  Each of them drew strength from the other. We might have done the same if our lives had been stripped of our closest companions, comfort, and convenience. Poverty and starvation loomed in the future and, desperate, the women were forced to leave the home they’d...
Breaking the Chains of Unforgiveness

Breaking the Chains of Unforgiveness

My heart didn’t want to believe the painful truth of the words he spoke. Not my child. Not this unbearable, unthinkable trespassing of an innocent soul. I felt rage swelling in my chest against the one who had caused all of this—a malevolent, murderous rage born of...
Breaking the Chains of Unforgiveness

Not Enough Rocks?

A heart-rending scene in the movie Forrest Gump elicits uncomfortable emotions every time I revisit the movie. Why? Because I relate to Jenny—the young woman who returns to her family home only to be reminded of the pain and destructive secrets experienced in a place...

Knowing the Truth

A trusted mentor of mine put it bluntly…”What gives you the right to malign God’s character?” Revealing the ugly places in my heart, I confided to a root of bitterness that threatened to impair my faith with its silent, choking growth–an...