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Because It Is Better to Be Kind
It is better to be kind than clever. If you haven’t heard that saying before, maybe you’ve heard other profound thoughts on kindness. Maybe thoughts from the Bible, like that the fruit of the Holy...
View ArticleThis One Time I Was Vulnerable, Pt. 1
If I told you straight up how many different counselors I have seen in adulthood, you would probably make some assumptions about me. That’s how this works. When you confess to having issues, humble...
View ArticleThis One Time I Was Vulnerable, Pt. 2
(If you missed it, you can find part one here.) It was a beautiful summer day in July of 2005, but it was not beautiful for me. It was the longest day of my life—the day when I gave in fully and...
View ArticleBecause It’s Its Own Kind of Trauma
With BJU’s termination of their original agreement with GRACE, those of us who walked through ABWE’s firing of GRACE and any abuse survivor who has had to fight a public and private battle for...
View ArticleBecause MK Safety Is More Than a Boarding School Issue
I say “good start” because CT has been notoriously soft on these mission boards in the past, particularly ABWE and their firing of GRACE one year ago. This new CT article does expose several key...
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Book Review: Girl at the End of the World
I know what some of us are thinking when popular blogger Elizabeth Esther talks about being raised in a cult. We’re thinking: Really? A cult? Is that what we’re calling fundamentalism now? And the...
View ArticleBecause It’s Time to Take Down That Post
UPDATE: As of tonight, 9:20 PST, Leadership Journal’s Marshall Shelley and Christianity Today Int’l.’s Harold B. Smith posted a full apology for the post (note the new subtitle) and REMOVED it. You can...
View ArticleThe Realist Speaks: Marching Among the Wounded
When I see an alarming lack of empathy for those who’ve been spiritually abused, I’ve gotta be honest with you, the INFJ in me does a full-body cringe. Lack of empathy on public display is more than a...
View ArticleBecause Your Response Matters
Depression. Suicide. Addiction. These words can bring out the worst in those who walk through the complexities of life without their empathy shoes. Every time these loaded words come up, judgments get...
View ArticleBecause What If It’s True?
Just two days ago (pre-Josh Duggar confession) I saw a very well-meaning online commenter indicate that the explosive “rumor” of the molestations had been around a long time and that the source of the...
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