When Rejection Feels Personal

When Rejection Feels Personal

Have you ever walked away from a relationship wondering: What is wrong with me? Maybe someone stopped calling. A friendship changed. A family member rejected you. Someone you loved chose someone else. How do you love when rejection feels so personal? You tried to...
When Love is Not Returned

When Love is Not Returned

We’ve spent August talking about relationships. Grace at home. Healthy friendships. Relationships within the church. But how do we relate when love is not returned? But there’s one uncomfortable reality we haven’t addressed: What happens when...
When Rejection Feels Personal

Healing from Church Hurt

Walking into a church as the new Worship Arts and Family Ministry Director, I took a deep breath and asked Jesus to go before me. Healing from church hurt was not easy. Past church hurt had made me a little nervous during my first weeks in this new position. Then it...
Church Family—Where Grace Becomes Visible

Church Family—Where Grace Becomes Visible

Imagine someone saying, “I love Jesus…I just can’t stand His family.” It sounds almost contradictory, doesn’t it? Yet many believers quietly carry that sentiment after experiencing church hurt. When Grace Seems Absent Perhaps you’ve been...
Overcoming Shame After Friendship Wounds

Overcoming Shame After Friendship Wounds

We’ve all likely felt shame when friends hurt us. We believe there must be something wrong with us or that we are unlovable. And we can be tempted to feel shame because we are aware that those who hurt us are spreading that hurt to others. But one of...

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