Often women and especially young women will blame themselves for the abuse and violence that happened to them. We are here to say “NO, it is not your fault at all.” February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month and FOCUS Ministries is committed to bringing awareness to the tragedy of teen violence. In fact, we…
February is nationally recognized as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM) and FOCUS Ministries is working non-stop to bring awareness and even an END to teen dating violence. Young people today are at a higher risk than ever to the dangers of abuse as they try to navigate relationships in an ever perilous dating environment. …
Little Wife wasn’t always little. She remembered a day when she stood tall, slim and proud in her lacy Victorian wedding dress. She remembered being pretty and funny, clever and smart. She used to be confident in herself and sure of her plans. All her hopes and dreams were coming true. If she had…
Phoebe* knew abuse as a child. Her father was loud and ruled the household with an iron fist. But Phoebe knew that someday her Prince would come and rescue her out of the abuse and carry her away to a lovely, loving home. When Phoebe met Bill, she was instantly drawn to his warm…
First there was the courting of Little Wife. All the pretty promises, all the exotic and romantic candlelit dinners, the gifts beyond reason, the shopping trips with unlimited budgets, the Broadway shows where Little Wife was dressed to impress. Oh the grandeur, oh the glory, oh the love! Little Wife was the princess in…
Spiritual abuse goes right along with domestic abuse.
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. “Well,” she thought to herself, “If I’ve had one glass of wine and broken my…
Merry Christmas to all of our FOCUS Ministries friends and may all the blessings of the birth of the Savior stay with you into the New Year and across all the days of 2026. Now that the rush and crush of the holidays is past, let’s spend just a bit of time pondering the…
There are times when the wonder of Christmas overwhelms us with emotion – joy and sorrow, mixed with regrets and anxiety. We want to celebrate the birth of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, but there’s just so much pain in our lives. We wonder if we will even make it to December…
A Little Wife Christmas “Hurry, hurry, hurry,” Little Wife whispered to herself. With just two days left before Christmas, Little Wife was in a terrible bind. She wanted to buy the perfect gift for Big Man, but the stores were all out of the popular tech gifts, the 3X buffalo plaid flannel shirts, his favorite…