Mental health is often an avoided topic within church circles. Some unknowingly retreat to spiritual bypassing for answers to those struggling with depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues, making passive responses like: ‘Just give your burdens to God’, ‘Let go and let God’, ‘Don’t allow. Continue reading

“What is simple often isn’t easy; what is easy often doesn’t last.” - Bob Goff They say that we all have either a fight or flight response to emergency situations. I’m a fighter. What that means is that I am able to put my emotions aside for a time so that I can have good discernment and make clear. Continue reading

  Sometimes, the best thing we can do for ourselves is to not look at the mountains in front of us. We can get so overwhelmed by our situations and circumstances that we can lose sight of where God is in the story. Continue reading

Not long ago I stopped in at a little shop down the street, and the owner opened up to me when I asked how he was doing. I knew that two of his family members had died recently from a terrible disease. His heart was broken. He told me that if God Continue reading

I was 18 when my mom was diagnosed with cancer. Two months after her diagnosis she passed away in November of 2012. Shocked and heartbroken, I began earnestly questioning God - Was it my fault? Could we have done something differently? Why take her and not me? Why put me through this? Why rip my. Continue reading