Here we are coming to the end of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. We talked about many facets of staying safe in our relationships and learned that it is TIME TO TALK about teen life in 2025. As parents, we love our teens and want only God’s best for each of them. What a daunting…
“Mom, when will we have a place to live?” “Soon, honey. I know we will find a place to live real soon. The Lord will help us. He always helps us. He already knows where our new home is and will be leading us there real soon.” Glorie Christos (who used to be known…
One Sunday morning, Little Wife and Big Man went to their church. He gripped her hand tightly as they walked in and smiled brightly at the worshipers greeting them at the door. “Good morning! Good morning! Yes, isn’t it a fine spring morning! Praise the Lord for Sundays in the house of God.” Little Wife…
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 has changed … Girls still get abused, controlled, manipulated and assaulted on “dates” and by…
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 sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.” Drowning by…
It is hard to believe that it has been nineteen years since 9/11 happened. I know exactly where I was on that day. You probably can remember also. In the morning of that day at work, I learned of the attacks against our country. When lunchtime came, I rushed to get to the Target store…
Want to read this article in Spanish? La mente de un abusador What do these men have in common? Dennis Rodman, Tommy Lee and Vince Neil (Motley Crew), James Brown, Christian Slater, O.J. Simpson, Ozzy Osbourne, Mel Gibson, Chris Brown, Ray Rice, Ike Turner, Sean Penn, Charlie Sheen, Bill Cosby, Nicolas Cage, Alec Baldwin, Johnny…
According to the CDC, Pregnancy can be an especially dangerous time for people in abusive relationships, and abuse can often begin or escalate during the pregnancy. It’s common that an abusive partner will become resentful and jealous that the attention is shifting from them to the pregnancy. They may be stressed at the thought of…