The age old question, Who am I? is important and fundamental to each of us. Who are you trusting with the answer? Consider your sources: An internet search will give you more than 11 BILLION ideas to sift through. Social media offers you thousands of hashtags. And libraries are spilling with books full of answers. The world is loud with expressive individualism. Scientific language applied to...
Grief for Transgendered Loved Ones, but Not Despair
Grief is a natural response when we hear bad news of human sin and suffering. But sometimes my grief has taken me too far. Recently, a friend confided in me that his daughter is now identifying as a boy. He’s heartbroken, and I am heartbroken with him. He looks at pictures in which his daughter looks happy, strong, healthy, bright and beautiful. Now she insists she is he/him, dresses differently...
Lust is a Fractured Thing
Within the realm of sexual sins, maybe you tend to look past Lust as “not so bad.” But, looking past Lust gives this quiet sin even more destructive power. In your journey to sexual integrity, you’re working towards becoming whole. And part of that work means considering yourself and others as whole persons. Lust dismantles that work one body part at a time. It quietly splits us from...
How Lust is Dividing Us
When compared with other things people might do, many of us believe lust is a relatively harmless thing. But what if lust is actually doing more damage than we know? It was Seth’s first night at his church’s sexual addiction recovery group. By way of introduction, each man shared about the sexual habits that led to joining the group: For most it was habitual porn use. Two men confessed having...
Easter: Redeeming Reunion
Journaling, Fasting, Denying, Confessing, Releasing, Praying – Becoming Whole is a process. For Jesus, because of you, it is a process worth dying for. Friends, we have arrived at the end of Lent, which brings the beginning of a new Hope. While the world is grabbing at your sexuality to pull it away from your spirituality, Jesus is breaking through the grave to make you whole again. You are...
Becoming Whole
Easter is the promise of new life. We know it. That fact rolls off most Christians’ tongues easily, but what kind of new life are we talking about? If your mind drifts to clouds and harps and ethereal visions of floating with the angels, you don’t understand the true hope of Easter. Easter is about resurrection, specifically resurrection of the body. When Adam and Eve sinned, it created a rupture...
