Guilt-free Relaxation

There's nothing quite so precious as being able to rest. To relax free of the pangs of missed opportunities, pressure that is self induced, and feeling peace through and through. I am not quite there yet. I have always put a lot of pressure on myself, it has been misplaced though. Expectations that I carried …

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The Guilt Machine

Does anyone else have a motor that never stops running? One that produces an upset stomach, anxiety, a sense of wrong-doing about everything you do? Guilt that runs out of control all the time. It doesn't matter what I am doing or how I am doing it...it is just staring me in the face no …

Tweets, James Gunn and the Power of Popularity

If you haven't read the controversial tweets from James Gunn, take a moment and find them, they are easily available. Once read, maybe you will arrive at the conclusion many have; that they are in poor taste, a mistake, whatever... I have a different point of view here. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, …

The Christians Struggle with the Guilt and Shame of Porn — THE CHRONICLES…

Excerpt from article: “In many Christian churches, viewing pornography is seen as a sin. Ogden’s Refuge Church Preaching Pastor Brian Sauvé pointed to two passages in the New Testament of the Bible about sexual sin that he believes apply to pornography. The first passage Sauvé referred to, found in Romans 1:1-32, discusses how one aspect […] …

How Do I Explain To You…? Pt.1

How do I explain to you... the terror in a boys heart at the slightest noise in the night, and how he is paralyzed by the foot steps which stop at his bedroom door? As he buries his head under the blankets in a futile attempt at childish escape, the doorknob is quietly turned and …