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“Grief must be observed,” my therapist told me matter-of-factly. “In order to heal, grief must be observed.” She must have repeated herself because of the dumbfounded look on my face. It was...
My morning brain fog was still thick when a phone call came in from an excited family member. They had just seen one of my children’s faces on Fox News. Wait. What? Why? Fox is no small news...
I’m a subscriber to The Roys Report, so I naturally receive articles on the latest developments in Christendom through my email multiple times a week. Sometimes, the articles offer encouraging spotlights...
We all have that one friend, family member, or acquaintance that can’t seem to get over their ‘church hurt’. We’ve tried to engage with them about visiting our place of worship on a Sunday morning. However,...
It was after 9 p.m. on a cold winter night, and my son’s basketball practice was nearly over. Freezing rain fell from the sky as I attempted to drive through one last country road to get to his school....
Being hurt in the church is not a rare occurrence. Humans offend one another constantly, and religious organizations are not exempt from this truth. It is a part of human nature. These incidents...
“The justice wheel turns slowly…” isn’t an old proverb for no reason, but it wasn’t a saying I was familiar with until recently. I’m very familiar with it now. When I look back at pre-excommunication...
Home is not just a place. It’s a feeling. It’s a smell. It’s a vision. It’s a taste. It’s a set of sounds. It’s wearing slippers so I can scamper around the kitchen blissfully unaware of every sticky...
In the aftermath of severe spiritual abuse, when it seems the only option is to submit to the oppression that has undoubtedly won every battle, what is a soul to do? What are the pipelines in place to...
“…with liberty and justice for all.” I’ve repeated these words more times than I can count. Every morning, when I was a young elementary student, we were required to stand, place our right hand...
