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Prevention is Best: One Way to Help Lower Childhood Trauma Statistics

A fire has been slowly kindling in the adoption, foster care, mental health, and medical communities for some time. ACEs, which stands for Adverse Childhood Experiences, has been quite a hot topic in these areas. As these groups of people have become more aware of ACEs, Childhood Trauma, and their devastating impact on our children, more research and training have been spreading with the goal… Read More »Prevention is Best: One Way to Help Lower Childhood Trauma Statistics

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Why I Changed my Mind About the Enneagram (& Other Personality Tests)

A Series of Unpopular Opinions | #2 Why I Changed my Mind About the Enneagram (& Other Personality Tests) (#1/#2/#3) Myers-Briggs, Strengthfinders, Enneagram, Oh My! These are but a few of the personality test options out there, but these three might be the most widely recognized. My first foray into the world of personality tests began with the MBTI–Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Several years ago I… Read More »Why I Changed my Mind About the Enneagram (& Other Personality Tests)

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When the Holidays Hurt

When the Holidays Hurt Truly, the holidays can be challenging times for many. In a season where family, love, and life are celebrated, the lack of those very things becomes more apparent than at any other time. Broken relationships taunt and sickness torments us when all we want is to experience the festive joy in which we see others basking. Christmas cards showcasing adorable children… Read More »When the Holidays Hurt

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A Series of Unpopular Opinions

A Series of Unpopular Opinions | #1/#2/#3 There I sat, on the manure-covered floor in a tiny corner of a barn. Goats pranced around me as I watched this dream scene taking place on the other side of the barn which had been transformed from its original humble use into an elaborate event center. Everything glowed. Wood floors and beams gleamed in the soft light.… Read More »A Series of Unpopular Opinions

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Royal Battle | A Spiritual Warfare Manifesto

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. –Ephesians 6:12 Never give up He is by your side, And because he is for you there’s no reason to hide. Covered already by his mighty wing When attacks come against you His hand will take the… Read More »Royal Battle | A Spiritual Warfare Manifesto

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The Surprising Benefit of Fiery Trials

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4 Trials, pain, confusion, waiting… How often do you find yourself on this path? How often would you willingly choose it? Like it… Read More »The Surprising Benefit of Fiery Trials

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8 Books to Keep your Marriage Strong, or Help a Struggling Marriage

Healthy families are the foundation of our society but the family unit is crumbling at an astonishing rate, and with it,  our society. Broken families are no longer the exception. Divorce rates are soaring, deeply impacting the children who are tomorrow’s adults. (I’m not pointing fingers here; I’ve been counted among the statistics. It’s because I personally know the impact of broken families that my… Read More »8 Books to Keep your Marriage Strong, or Help a Struggling Marriage

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The Cure for the Deadliest Pandemic Ever

As shockwaves reverberate across the earth, a collective gasp of people trying to catch their breath after one man struggled through his last… As worldwide Coronavirus pandemic measures usher in fear, vitriol, finger-pointing, confusion, arguments, senseless bashing, and shaming… As riots erupt, protests escalate, and cancer invades… As children are abused, and women are used… As addiction winds its chain around more and more lives…… Read More »The Cure for the Deadliest Pandemic Ever