#breakingagreements

One of the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard was a simple song, sung by someone completely humbling themselves. I don’t need the music to be perfect and loud. I want a surrendered heart. Worship is bowing before God, humbling yourself. Submission. What does it mean to submit? To accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another Yield. Give up the fight. I can’t…

Today as part of a casual conversation at work, I learned that several of my coworkers have family impacted by addiction. I kept quiet and just listened. Addiction touches more families than we realize. All throughout our communities, we find current and past drug use, alcoholism and crisis. So why is it still so hard to talk about? I have seen families torn apart by a loved one’s drug use.…

You Know All About Me

What do you do when you make a mistake? What do you do with the wrong actions of a loved one? You know what happened was wrong. It is done. You can’t undo it.

We are not perfect. Mistakes happen. Its ok. When addiction or abuse invade your life – they seem to become a part of our lives way too often. What do we do with the shame that we experience when we have been hurt? What is shame? What…