February has been Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM). FOCUS Ministries is here for the students, the teens, the tweens, college people and all young people who are trying to navigate strange times and difficult relationships. Here are some important …
You cut me deep you cut me quick way down to the core so I weep silently. I weep for me I weep for you because what you’re doing to me. How can you say how can you do this …
Because we recognize the month of February as a time to build awareness of Teen Dating Violence, I am re-posting the story I wrote last year about how Little Wife started out being an abused little teenage girl. Not much …
We are happy and blessed to announce a very original fundraiser happening right NOW for the FOCUS Ministries TEEN program. Because February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, we have been “focusing” on the reality and the tragedy of teen …
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. We are looking at this very important topic all month long. The reason? Simply this: if we build awareness of abuse at the teen/college level of relationships, we will reduce the number of …
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. The problem of dating violence gets worse every year and we are thankful for the awareness that the government is giving to this devastating and sinful epidemic. And yes, I know that we …
Little Wife set her empty wine glass on the kitchen table and gazed sadly out the window at the falling snow. The weak mid-January sunlight filtered through the cold clouds barely reaching the ground before dissolving into another gray afternoon. …
There is much chatter today about the Narcissistic Personality Disorder and how it impacts the family, especially concerning domestic abuse. In a nutshell, these people have “an excessive degree of self-esteem which can be considered a form of emotional immaturity. …
Imagine if you will, the consequences for sins against children. Jesus told his disciples in the Gospel of Luke 17:2, “It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the …
Hurricane Ian is coming ashore in Florida as I write this post. I am praying for several people, loved ones in the Ft. Myers area who are already seeing the record-breaking storm surge and hearing the nightmarish screaming winds. I …