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When Hope Feels Intangible
It was 2014, and I’d lost hope. I lay in bed with tears staining the pages of my journal as I tried to put what I felt into words. ‘I can’t do this anymore’, I wrote. ‘What’s the point?’ Have you ever felt this way before? Like you’ve reached your breaking point, life is hard, and even though you know God has ultimately won the day... you just can’t see a way forward?
How I Learned to Connect With God
I’m an imposter. It was the thought that flew into my mind as the van bumped its way over the cattle grates and through another paddock. I was an imposter, because I wasn’t sure how to connect with God. I’d been feeling distant from Him for months…
Spare Me the Platitudes: How to Respond When Your Friend Is in Pain
With each trite, “Cheer up!” response, I felt myself retreating further into my shell. I didn’t want platitudes. I wanted someone to feel the weight of my disappointment and sit with me in it. Rationally, I knew the pain would pass. But in that moment, all I wanted was someone to cry with me.
3 Things That Stop Us from Resting Well
Are you exhausted? If you’re anything like me, you’re teetering on the edge of burn-out, struggling to catch your breath and feeling like you’re never getting the rest you need. So what are the things that hold us back from rest? Why does it sometimes feel so elusive? These are questions I’m asking myself, and I hope you’ll explore them with me.
5 Things Silence Does For Our Mental Health
Are you afraid of silence? Our lives are saturated with noise, and taking the time to intentionally disconnect and shut that out—well, it can be kind of scary. So, what’s the big deal about silence? Why is it considered a spiritual discipline? And can it actually help our mental health?
6 Things I’ve Learned Through My Porn Addiction
My journey with porn started when I was eight years old. Not a soul found out until I was 13 years old; a once-innocent boy almost dying under the weight of his shame; a boy so gripped by addiction that he held no control and feared there was no longer a way out.
I’m 26 and I’m Afraid to Drive
I’d never been afraid to drive, and here I was, sitting in my own driveway, hyperventilating. I started the engine, and as it burst to life, I burst into tears. Something gripped my chest tightly, and it wasn’t going away. All I knew was that I couldn’t get back on the road. It wouldn’t be safe.
6 Steps to Help Fight Your Porn Addiction
So you’ve closed your browser, rubbed your eyes, and wondered; will you ever be able to quit porn? Whether this is your first or your thousandth time wanting to know how to stop watching porn, you can experience freedom.
What Does It Mean to Be “Fully Alive”?
Do you ever feel like life isn't all it's supposed to be? Like instead of living, you're just ... existing? Life can be full on, and amidst the busyness and overwhelm, it can be hard to sense God's presence. Where is He through the difficult things that demand our attention and leave us stretched and stressed?
Hungry Heart, Starving Body
At the age of ten, my whole world started collapsing around me. Swept up in the emotional storm of my family crisis, I clawed frantically at anything that might give me some semblance of stability. Food was one of those things; although I couldn’t control the chaos around me, I could control what I ate.