A Safe Place

A Safe Place

Photo by Tatiana Syrikova on Pexels.com I can remember many times as a child waking up on a weekend morning with no place I had to be. Granted, there were cartoons or shows to watch, friends to play with, or maybe even a family gathering where I’d get to play...
‘FREEDOM’ Conference 2022

‘FREEDOM’ Conference 2022

Do you or someone you know struggle with addiction, anxiety, depression, anger, shame, or hopelessness? Do you long to be free from the chains of these heavy burdens? Just know, you are not alone. There are many of us who struggle just like you, but we have found The...
Freedom

Freedom

I don’t remember many of the sordid details of my years in addiction, but I can tell you that if I was awake, I was scheming. If my mouth was open, I was lying. When my feet hit the floor I was running towards something, and it certainly wasn’t God....
Love Has Won

Love Has Won

Love is a Lion by Citizen Way (album cover) Fear and uncertainty had reduced my mind to a black sheet of nothingness in the Summer/Fall of 2019. I was in the center of my year at the Shenandoah Valley Adult/Teen Challenge when we were invited to a choir outing at a...
Wilderness Livin’

Wilderness Livin’

Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.” 1 Kings...