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Recently at Celebrate Recovery we were discussing Step 5 of the 12 steps: We admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.  Celebrate Recovery often uses acrostics in their lessons, and the N in "Confess" stands for no more...

I was sitting with some new friends at dinner recently. I wanted to know more about their life so I did what I do best, asked questions. My new friend Dan said this about his 20+ year marriage to Mary, "We've been married for a long time, but it wasn't until the last...

Have you ever been in an all too familiar situation and all of a sudden flashbacks from your past come flooding back as if you're reliving the moment all over again? Don't worry, you're not alone. This is called a trigger. It happened to me recently. All of a sudden,...

The first time I met Gary Smalley, we sat across from each other at the dinner table, surrounded by the ugliest wall paper you've ever seen in your life. Someone said he was a famous author, but honestly, I didn't have a clue. You think that would've hurt his ego, but...

One year ago today I packed up this Uhual in the middle of crazy snow to move back to my hometown -  Belle, Missouri - the one place I hated the most. The one place I swore I would NEVER live again. The place where so much pain had burdened my heart - both pain done...

Do you ever think about your funeral? Have you ever wondered what others would say about you on the day they gather around to honor you at the end of your life? It may seem like a crazy question, but go with me for a minute here. Perhaps we don't plan our funerals...

Here's a power punch of a question to start your day.... Are the chains of a painful past holding you back from creating a new future full of hope and freedom? We can only heal from our hurts by moving through them - not by running from them. These are the words from...

I can't say I dream about a wedding often, but there are occasions I do. I've never been one to plan that perfect wedding day like my friends did when we were little girls. I was too busy dreaming about winning an Oscar. But as I've released the broken places of my...