The Fraudulent Waters of Baptism

When I was in the throes of my addiction to pornography, it was very important to me that I appeared like I had everything together. That my life wasn’t run…

My Response to the Naysayers

A little over a year ago, I agreed to be interviewed for a secular women’s magazine. The reporter presented the article to me in such a way that they were…

To Never Feel Like Her Again

Last weekend I had the opportunity to hold a book signing at a church in Nevada. A great community of people who exemplify grace to the broken and downtrodden. As…

You Are More

Watch and listen to this new song by Tenth Avenue North. In a culture that doesn’t ever seem to understand our struggles, this band always seems to “get it” with…

My Biggest Addiction Isn’t to Porn

For as long as I can remember I have had an issue with pride. I can remember back to the 4th grade when I was given a solo in the…

Mentoring in the Church

I was honored to be asked about a month ago to write a guest post for Tyler Braun’s blog series, “Mentoring in the Church“. Today my post is up and…

Why I Told My Dad

If you’ve been following my story very long you know that my dad shows up every so often in the stories I tell. Usually about how he wasn’t around for…

“Come Stand in the Light…”

Most of you may not realize that my full-time job is actually in church communications and am actually a Regional Network Coordinator for the Center for Church Communications. I fully…

Cheapening God’s Grace

Last night I found a “goals” type of school paper I wrote when I was just 16 years old. Behind pretty words about my newfound faith and elaborate life goals…