Hi ~This is the account of my interaction with a friend who wants hope to be offered to others. She gladly gave her permission. Not too long ago this friend, who had experienced childhood trauma, asked me if I had any suggestions for help with a...

Hi ~I look forward to our meeting this evening in less than 2 hours. If you can join us, that will be great.We'll be hearing for ten minutes each from Megan Davis and Deb Jansen, about what God has been doing and how we can best pray. Otherwise, we'l...

Hi ~Sydney Millage is a former member of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors.This is the counseling organization that arguably most strongly promotes the "nouthetic" style of counseling started by Jay Adams, whose teachings I have veheme...

Hi ~When I first read this book by my client Lois, it made me cry. That is, it made me cry in a good way, because it was beautiful. They were good tears.Lois's book is launching two months from tomorrow, April 15th.If you're on a healing journey from...

Hi ~Joe Rigney is notorious for taking up "empathy is a sin" as his battle cry. Yes, really. I refuted him here, in an article that eventually went into one of my books.How do actual Christians decide that THIS is to be their primary message?At the t...

Hi ~On Saturday March 8th I'll be speaking at a conference in Des Moines, Iowa, sponsored by Laurie Tims, who is an advocate with Called to Peace Ministries.She's taking donations to cover expenses, but the event is free to attend. 😀I'll be speaking...

Hi ~Happy February!This month our Rooted and Grounded in love group will meet on the 19th at 7:00 EST. As usual, if you'd like to request a reserved spot of 10 minutes or more, please let me know by replying to this email.The link is here (the same a...

Hi ~Someone asked me to promote his blog article about “church hurt” on my website. I declined.I declined for a few different reasons, but being faced with that term again made me ponder anew that it’s a term I don’t want to use.For one thing, you ca...

Hi ~Have you or a loved one experienced betrayal in a church setting?You may feel that it wasn't as "significant" or "bad" as someone else's story.But in the spirit of "not comparing ourselves among ourselves" (2 Corinthians 10:12), let's consider th...

Hi ~Our Zoom Live is this evening at 7:00 Eastern time.Here is the link again: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9019963716God bless you, and I hope to see you there!Love,RebeccaUntwisting Scriptures at heresthejoy.comSee my Untwisting Scriptures series...