I believe I can hear God’s whisper in these Threads, and when I seek to follow them, I experience more and more of His presence… Hello!...

Lying is often a quiet partner in sexual addiction and betrayal trauma. It is rarely the first thing people want to talk about, yet it shapes nearly every conversation about trust, safety, and healing. When partners feel betrayed, the pain is not only about behaviors, but about not knowing what is real. The betrayed partner begins to question their own perceptions, memories, and instincts. At the same time, the addicted partner often struggles internally with whether or not

When I was a little girl taking organ lessons—yes, it was organ, not piano—I fell in love with a song, “Let There Be Peace on Earth and Let It Begin with Me”. My version was easy to play, and it allowed me to belt out the words as if I were auditioning on the Voice stage! I’d like to believe that even then, my soul longed for the peace that I have come to experience so deeply as an adult. Now I know now that it is a peace that comes from a trusting relationship with God.

In the first months, immediately after new information about unwanted sexual behavior or betrayal is discovered; late night marathon conversations, high anxiety, big emotions, questions that come one after another are the norm – and can be very exhausting and frightening for most couples. Often husbands start out with good intentions to answer questions as directly and forthrightly as possible but then begin to get either tired, scared, or feel like “its not working” or “it’s

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Developing a Clinical & Theological Approach to Shedding Shame In Genesis, one of the descriptions of paradise is a place where the...

"In loss, I believe I can learn how well I did at giving love as God would. Of course, it will never come close to what He is...