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How Keyon Dooling Finally Healed from Childhood Sexual Abuse
How Keyon Dooling Finally Healed from Childhood Sexual Abuse Former NBA star Keyon Dooling found peace through prayer and therapy. I was standing in the men’s room at an upscale Seattle, Washington, steakhouse. I’d spent the day hanging with my Boston Celtics teammate Avery Bradley, volunteering for one of his favorite local charities. We’d helped…
Read MoreDefinition of Abuse and the Motivation Behind Abuse
Definition of Abuse and the Motivation Behind Abuse Definition of Abuse I was addressing a group of doctors about a domestic violence shelter that had opened in their county when one of them asked me to define abuse. I stood there momentarily flustered. I had never heard it defined, and I was supposed to be…
Read More‘Why Me’: A Story of Physical and Mental Abuse in Childhood
‘Why Me’: A Story of Physical and Mental Abuse in Childhood Editor’s note: This article is an excerpt from Sarah Burleton’s New York Timesbestselling child abuse memoir Why Me. The article contains sensitive detail about physical violence and abuse that some readers may wish to avoid. My name is Sarah Burleton and I am the spokesperson for…
Read MoreFailure Does Not Have To Be The Final Chapter Of Your Life!
Failure Does Not Have To Be The Final Chapter Of Your Life! Genesis 18:10-16 10 And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.” (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.) 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed…
Read MorePost–Christmas Commission!
Post–Christmas Commission! When the song of the angels is stilled, . . . When the star in the sky is gone, . . . When the kings and princes have gone home, . . . When the shepherds are back tending their flocks, . . . The work of Christmas begins:…
Read MoreThe 10 Eternal Gifts of Christmas
Of all the gifts we receive this Christmas, the best ones come from above. Enjoy these 10 eternal gifts of Christmas! Ask any child what his or her favorite part of Christmas is, and you’re sure to find that “gifts” top the list. And why not? We all know how special it feels when you…
Read MoreWhose Crown?
Whose Crown? We are all familiar with the verses from Matthew 2:1-8. Three Wise Men are following the Star that announced the birthplace of Christ the King. They stop at Herod’s castle to seek directions for the final leg of their journey. Herod summoned the chief priests and inquired of them where the Christ…
Read MoreDo women have a right to leave their abusers?
Do women have a right to leave their abusers? Jennifer Schlecht is one of the most recent women to be denied what should be a fundamental right. The right to leave her abuser. Jennifer’s husband like many abusers believed she did not have this right. When the courts and law enforcement do not guard this right,…
Read MoreThe Mary Christmas Story
The Mary Christmas Story Over 30 years ago. I heard Pastor Jack Hayford teach on The Mary Miracle, I have always looked at the Christmas Story through the eyes of this teaching every since. I share it in part with you now. Luke 1:26-35 26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by…
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