Downloadable Past Newsletters
2015
Inside
Spring 2015
Online Newsletter
I’m So Busy
The Secret
Characteristics of a Victim of Domestic Violence
Spring 2015
Online Newsletter
Devalued and Unworthy
Arising Out of Bondage to Freedom
Addictive Love vs. Authentic Love
Boundaries in Relationships
2014
Inside
Spring 2014
Online Newsletter
From Victim to Survivor to Thriver
Victim to Survivor to Thriver With Christ Chart
My True Love
Why Do Teens Abuse?
Summer 2014
Online Newsletter
Can I Trust My Perceptions?
Learning About Abuse … the Hard Way
Helper Versus Rescuer
It Can’t Happen to Me
Fall 2014
Online Newsletter
Your True Identity
9-1-1 Call
Everything I Learned about Dating and Love, I Learned from Cinderella
Winter 2014
Online Newsletter
Take Heart, Daughter!
Holding on to Hope
The Other Side of My Rainbow
Dating
2013
Inside
Spring 2013
Online Newsletter
Remarkable You!
No More Ostrich Christianity
Our Vision for FOCUS Ministries
In the News with TEEN FOCUS
Summer 2013
Online Newsletter
Who Am I?
Can a Fool be an Abuser?
Responding Wisely to a Fool
In the News with TEEN FOCUS
Fall 2013
Online Newsletter
I’m Afraid of This Journey!
The Story of Jane and John
Healthy Relationships God’s Way
In the News with TEEN FOCUS
Winter 2013
Online Newsletter
Why Does He Act That Way?
Is This Abuse?
How Cool Are You?
2012
Inside
January – February 2012
Online Newsletter
Love’s Embrace
Perfect Love?
Solace Through Pain
I Am
Book Review: Living with Rage by Angelica Harris
March – April 2012
Online Newsletter
Faint Cries
Foggy Hope
Let’s Get Practical
Dating Relationships ~ Normal?
The Crown of Life: The Spirit of Glory
Summer 2012
Online Newsletter
Hope in Despair
Transformed
Desires of the Heart
Fall 2012
Online Newsletter
Hope in Despair
Transformed
Desires of the Heart
Winter 2012
Online Newsletter
God, Do You See Me?
Real Hope
A Time to Prune
Who Are You?
2011
Inside
January – February 2011
Online Newsletter
How Long, Lord?
Powering Up?
Broken… Lost… Deceived
Book Review: Where is God?
Words that Heal – Jeremiah 32:17 NKJV
March – April 2011
Online Newsletter
Are You in Need of a New Beginning?
Can Abuser’s Be Redeemed?
The Root and Offspring
Scriptures on God’s Pardon
Book Review: Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud
May – June 2011
Online Newsletter
Bruised Reed . . . Smoldering Wick. . .
No Fishing
Repentance. . . Change. . . Reconciliation. . .?
Book Review: Healing the Broken Places by Kate A. Johnson, MA, LMHC
July – August 2011
Online Newsletter
A Time of Testing
What Would Jesus Do About Domestic Violence: He Would Relate
Church Response to Domestic Violence
DV Crisis Assessment Flow Chart for Churches
Failure Doesn’t Mean . . .
Book Review: What Would Jesus Do About Domestic Violence By Dr. Chloe Cummings
September – October 2011
Online Newsletter
A Time of Testing
Stuck in the Desert
Where is it Written?
Can a Christian Woman Leave her Abusive Husband? Ask Jesus
Book Review: Beyond Boundaries by Dr. John Townsend
November – December 2011
Online Newsletter
Unwrapping the Greatest Gift
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Jesus values YOU and Me
Are You Jesus?
2010
Inside
January – February 2010
Online Newsletter
In the Hands of God
The Will of God
Symptoms of PTSD from Domestic Violence
Book Review: Healing the Trauma of Domestic Violence: A Workbook for Women by Edward S. Kubany, Mari A. McCaig and Janet R. Laconsay
Island of Misfit Wives
March – April 2010
Online Newsletter
Is There Any Hope For Me
Healing from PTSD–The “Eyes” Have It
When Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds–Life’s Healing Choices
Book Review: Shattered Dreams by Larry Crabb
May – June 2010
Online Newsletter
What Do You Want Me to Do for You?
Ambivalence
July – August 2010
Online Newsletter
“Pit Living”
Healing Shame
What’s in Your Grip?
September – October 2010
Online Newsletter
Spiritual ADD
Contempt: Companion to Shame
Christian Perspective on Domestic Violence
November – December 2010
Online Newsletter
Getting to Know Him: Getting to Know All About Him
Looking Back. . . Forging Ahead – Alindria asks, “So how did I get here? How did I go from a fun, strong, free spirited young woman to an insecure, broken, depressed, confused individual?“
2009
Inside
January – February 2009
Online Newsletter
No Way Out
What Color Is Your Elephant?
Book Review: God Will Make A Way by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
March – April 2009
Online Newsletter
Where’s God?
Heart Piercing Wounds
Book Review: Out of the Depths of Pain by Yvonne Miles
May – June 2009
Online Newsletter
How Big is God? . . . How Big is the Mountain?
Breaking The Silence Of Domestic Violence
Book Review: Experiencing The Spirit by Henry & Melvin Blackaby
July – August 2009
Online Newsletter
Death . . . Bondage . . . Life . . . Freedom
Emotionally Destructive Relationships
Book Review: The Emotionally Destructive Relationship: Seeing It, Stopping It, Surviving It by Leslie Vernick
September – October 2009
Online Newsletter
Lord, Are You Still There
Behind the Mask
Warning Signs for Teen Relationships
Book Review: TEEN FOCUS by Paula Silva and Brenda Spivey
November – December 2009
Online Newsletter
Fear…Deliverance…Hope…
Learning to Laugh Again
Book Review: Real Church: Does It Exist? Can I Find It ? by Larry Crabb
2008
Inside
November-December 2008
Online Newsletter
To Err is Human… To Forgive is Divine
What Wrapping is on Your Package of God?
Hidden Abuse
Book Review: Embrace Grace by Liz Curtis Higgs