The holidays can be challenging for everyone, especially if your loved one is struggling with mental illness.

This month’s guest blog is written by Lisa Wenninger, founder of Authentic Truths, who shares her personal journey of mothering two children

Do you understand your purpose in life? Does it align with your dreams and plans for your future?

Guest Blog by Mary Rooney Armand of Butterfly Living As far as I know, there aren’t many classes or instruction manuals on how to find...

This month’s guest blog is written by Barb Winters, a mother whose son struggled with a porn addiction. For anyone with an addicted loved one or for those who are in caregiver roles, self-care is essential. Barb offers help and hope in her message.) “For no one every hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body.” Ephesians 5:29-30 ESV “What?! What did you say?” “I was watching porn and . . .” I saw my

“Shh!” I hear the Lord’s gentle rebuke as my urge to respond takes over my ability to reason. The better choice would be to stop talking and take a breath, but a compulsive need to offer my unsolicited advice to this difficult and unreasonable man-child of mine seems to control my frontal lobe. Perhaps, convincing him I am right and he is wrong is my drug of choice. I feel better when I speak my mind, even if I am being tuned out. But, there is no reasoning with a fool and, l

Overcoming the Narcissist, Sociopath, Psychopath, and Other Domestic Abusers: The Comprehensive Handbook to Recognize, Remove, and...

"He leads me beside the still waters." Psalms 23:2 "A ripple effect is a situation in which, like ripples expand across the water when an...

Grace meaning- God's influence upon the heart, His unmerited favor. Follow Me When we look back on our lives, most of us can recall that defining moment when God spoke into our hearts His calling. We heard and responded with, "Yes, Lord, I will follow You." The decision to follow Jesus may have been made fairly recently for some and in childhood for others. Perhaps, the Lord spoke into your heart as a teenager, and you have followed Him ever since.

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3:12‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Let’s face it…Hollywood is messing with our heads. As I watched the previews for newly released movies about families dealing with addiction, I recognized the faces of parents desperate to save their children. Panicked mothers and fathers, played by larger-than-life Hollywood actors, went to the most extreme me

Growing up in an alcoholic home, I developed a coping mechanism for dealing with rejection.

I will never forget the day addiction knocked at our door for the first time. It came in quietly, unannounced.

“‘Don’t call me Naomi,’ she told them. ‘Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the Lord...

“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the...

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity. For he has satisfied the thirsty and...

"Hope deferred makes the heart sick...” Proverbs 13:12a NIV I often make the snarky comment, “If I knew how selfish I was, I never would have had children”. Now, in my defense, I think I’ve come to realize that there are times when motherhood really hurts. Nothing, and I mean nothing, could have prepared me for the highs and lows of being a mother. In reality, a mother's love was meant to hurt. A love this deep bears the weight of all our hopes and dreams. It carries with it

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 NIV ‬Wounds hurt. We don’t like pain. We are anxious to be healed. We...

Guest blog by Lanie Graham Growing up I was always a daddy's girl. I am the youngest of 3 girls. My dad always says, he loves all his...

I am one of those "fix-it" kind of people. I am also an over-thinker. Okay, I'm a control freak. Hey, before you judge us control freaks as all bad, remember that we are the ones that keep the order in the family. We put balance into what could be complete chaos. But like any personality strength, there is also some weakness.

“So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him;...