Pain and suffering can become so intense that we eventually come to the end of ourselves. Many of us have experienced childhood, young adult, and adult trauma. We also have developed coping mechanisms to survive. Eventually, those mechanisms that once helped us survive fail us, and we realize they are creating more pain and suffering in our lives… Read more

Finding healthy community can be difficult – blessed souls who are a little further down the road on their journeys of true healing. They are not always found in the typical places. Not all therapists, counselors, spiritual advisors, pastors, friends, and family are helpful – and that is ok. Accepting that is part of the journey and surrendering… Read more

We need healthy community but ultimately we need the ONE who is the Author of their healing. He is our only true hope, healing, and transformation. They have found Him, and we can too. He calls to us through our pain and suffering. He is not the author of it but He allows it to draw us to Himself. In… Read more

It’s hard to come out and separate from all we have known. We are complex human beings and learning to come out, surrender, and trust a new way can create anxiety. But we are learning to accept and lean in to the hope of a new vision.  The old and its triggers can reappear at anytime bringing… Read more

Come to Me and I will give you rest… For some this sounds like water for a thirsty soul. For others, it triggers the flooding. Desperate desiring, coming out, separating, and surrendering leads us to the Rock. We get to let go of the old which kept us in the pain cycle and embrace the new which… Read more

We have made progress on our journey. Yet, it is inevitable that the flooding, questions, and desire to understand comes. Our deepest self made in His image is learning to come to Him…but we can’t reconcile the old and the new…and there are parts within us that are in conflict…and we wrestle to rest.  When the struggle… Read more