Hello readers, After much deliberation, I have decided to close this website soon and am working on transitioning the content to a new home. Thanks to all who have read and commented on my articles here over the years! This is merely a platform shift due to hosting fees and life changes. ***I want the content to remain available as people are still finding and… Read More »I’m Moving!
When the Holidays Hurt Truly, the holidays can be challenging times for many. In a season where family, love, and life are celebrated, the lack of those very things becomes more apparent than at any other time. Broken relationships taunt and sickness torments us when all we want is to experience the festive joy in which we see others basking. Christmas cards showcasing adorable children… Read More »When the Holidays Hurt
Loving the Wounded Child If you have landed on this site looking for trauma-related topics and discovered not everything falls into that category, or, if you are here for the non-trauma-related content but are suddenly seeing lots of posts about it, that is because I have merged two sites together. (If you are looking for LTWC posts, select Adoption, Foster Care, and Trauma Parenting… Read More »About “Loving the Wounded Child” Trauma-Related Posts
For kids from hard places who have had chaotic, deeply distressing, and highly stressful experiences in their early years, the language of play may not have had a chance to develop. Instead, they have become fluent in the language of hyper-vigilance, anxiety, fear, insecurities, anger, and survival.
(UPDATE: The first call to action through prayer and fasting took place on February 4, 2019. As there is an ongoing need for fasting and prayer over this issue, and in light of the current Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision this post is updated with a request for us to join together with ongoing prayer and fasting) A few years ago I had a… Read More »A Call to Actin: Fast and Pray for the Unborn
Two Tears on the Window–An ordinary Canadian couple disappears in China A true story by Julia & Kevin Garratt Although they describe themselves as “an ordinary Canadian couple,” Kevin and Julia Garrett’s story is anything but ordinary. In 1984, newly married, seeking adventure, and longing to offer aid to a third-world country, the Canadians moved to China. For 30 years they poured their hearts… Read More »Book Review: Two Tears on the Window
“Three Weeks to Forgiveness: God’s Redemption in the Dark Places of Addiction” Addiction is increasingly prevalent in our society. It seems most people have been affected by alcohol or drug addiction in some way. Many of us have loved ones who have been trapped by the claws of addiction, and lots of us are parenting children who have been wounded by its destructive impact. Parental… Read More »Book Review: Three Weeks to Forgiveness
Book Review| 936Pennies: Discovering the Joy of Intentional Parenting There are 936 weeks between your child’s birth and age 18. How are you spending them? In her book 936 Pennies, author Eryn Lynum beautifully illustrates the importance of counting time and how to utilize the simple tools of pennies and jars to transform our parenting and make the most of the time we have with our… Read More »936 Pennies Book Review
Divorce. Simply mention the word and it triggers all sorts of responses. Awkward silence. Judgemental looks. Mixed advice and opinions. Depending on the social circle, the topic of divorce can be met with either grace-filled compassion or blatant condemnation. Most frequently, however, there is merely an air of indifference surrounding the word because divorce has become so ubiquitous in our society. This indifference seems to… Read More »The Traumatic Impact of Divorce on Children
Supporting Adoptive and Foster Families With around 400,000 children in the U.S. Foster Care system (source), there is a huge need for Christian families to adopt or foster these waiting children. However, adopting and fostering is a big decision, and not everyone is able or equipped to adopt or foster for various reasons. You may have health issues, your home doesn’t meet the requirements, or… Read More »7 Ways the Church can Support Adoptive and Foster Families