That Time I Tried to Be Transparent in a Small Group . . .
About 15 years ago I joined a certain group because everyone else was doing it and it seemed like the thing to do in order to be a better Christian, which of course I wanted very much. The group followed a format that I found out later was typical, but it was all new...Blessings Are Not Sweet Little Things (Guest Post by Deborah Brunt)
Deborah Brunt is an abuse survivor who blogs at Key Truths. ***** In the Deep South, you know you’re in trouble when someone says, “Bless your heart!” It means, by translation, “Wow! What a hopeless mess you’re in!” or, “Wow! What a hopeless fool you are!” or, “Wow,...What’s the Best Way for Us to Bring Glory to God?
This is a burden on my heart (that I pulled from yesterday’s post because it deserved its own) because I believe this understanding is crucial to becoming the people of God He has called us to be. I pray it will help someone the way similar teachings helped me...Why the Jeffrey Epstein Case Matters to Christians
It may feel like voyeurism, reading about it, if you don’t know any of these people. But as I’ve been saying for some time now, I can be pretty doggone certain that you do know or at least interact with a survivor of sex trafficking, even if you don’t think you do....Did I Do All I Could for My Siblings? (Guest Post by Erika Smith)
Erika Smith grew up in an abusive home in which the parents claimed Christianity. She is still a follower of Jesus in spite of the way she and her siblings were treated by her parents and the casual “forgive and forget” dismissal she has received from churches where...
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.
See my work as a trauma-informed book coach and ghostwriter at rebeccadaviswordworking.com