Why “Moral Injury,” Like “PTSD,” Is a Term That Applies to Far More Than Our Soldiers, and Why That’s Important to All of Us
I recently finished reading the book What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars, by Pulitzer-prize-winning war journalist David Wood (Little, Brown, 2016). When my husband brought it home from the library my interest was piqued because I hoped it might...Rethinking the Idol Factory: Challenging the “Idol” Construct as the Explanation for All Sin in the Lives of Christians
Why does it matter whether or not all sin is described as idolatry? It has surprised me, as I’ve researched it, how many Christians simply assume that all Christians churn out idols. To think that everyone who worships Jesus Christ is all the time actually worshiping...Tullian Tchividjian, Tom Chantry, BJUGrace, and Gossip
In the beginning, I had a little blog called Here’s the Joy on which I just wanted to blog about the Christian life and the wonderful truths of the power of the Holy Spirit, Christ in us, the Hope of glory. I was happy with my eight readers, and life was...What Hypocrisy Is and What It Isn’t and Why That’s Important: A Lesson From Tullian Tchividjian
Hypocrisy. Presenting oneself one way (perceived as good) in public while actively living a different way (definitely bad) in private. Sort of like this: And of course the problem of hypocrisy is made far worse if the hypocrite isn’t just presenting himself as...When There’s Something Better than a Surprise
In Jane Austen’s classic Emma, someone gives to someone else a surprise—of a pianoforte. It was all the buzz of the elite community. But Mr. Knightley had a different take. In the movie version he said, Now, I know that small surprises can be fun (I’ve experienced a...
I’m Rebecca Davis, a trauma-informed writer, book coach, speaker, compassionate witness, prayer minister, and lover of Jesus who lives in Greenville, South Carolina.
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