by Denise Pass | Apr 25, 2020
Shame RX: Hard memories remind us that we survived. Philippians 3:13-14 “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to...
by Denise Pass | Mar 8, 2020
Mistakes don’t have to define us, but they can refine us. We are all guilty and invite shame into our lives but we don’t have to stay there. We get to choose how shame affects us and we would not have shame without an audience. There is now no condemnation...
by Denise Pass | Jan 30, 2020
Shame RX: Progress is still progress. 2 Chronicles 15:7 (NIV) “But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.” Stepping onto the scale I closed one eye and squinted with the other. As if this could soften the blow. A week’s...
by Denise Pass | Jan 23, 2020
Shame RX: Shame doesn’t have to stick just because it’s thrown our way. Romans 8:31 (NIV) “What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” Someone went out the way to make sure you knew they did...
by Denise Pass | Jan 18, 2020
Shame RX: Whether we fail or succeed, what matters is that we gave it our best. Psalm 33:11 “But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. Sometimes we feel shame when we put ourselves out there to try something hard....
