Defeat Spiritual Abuse

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Drops of Joy – A Devotional Journey of Healing — Update 8 How many of us face seemingly insurmountable problems that appear to us as green-eyed monsters beaconing our defeat? Spiritual abuse acts like that, especially when church leadership protects its own, and abusers gaslight with improper use of Scripture. Have you experienced something like that? … Read more

Depression

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Drops of Joy – A Devotional Journey of Healing — Update 7 Are you struggling with depression today? Is it hard to interact with your private world, let alone go out into public awareness? Situational depression from trauma or loss can come in waves that knock us of our course. Hang in there, I feel … Read more

Brighter Days

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Drops of Joy – A Devotional Journey of Healing — Update 6 I don’t know about you, but I have to take a break from the news feeds now and again. The current events are more complicated and threatening than what we talked about when I was in grade school. Some days the dark cloud … Read more

Babylon Revisited

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Drops of Joy – A Devotional Journey of Healing — Update 4 I struggled with codependency and the effects of dysfunctional relationships, until Jesus showed me who I am and Whose I am. Do you know this Jesus? He is the author and perfecter of our faith. You can lean into and trust what He … Read more

Loss of Self

Drops of Joy – A Devotional Journey of Healing — Update 3 Life is complicated, confusing and hard. Don’t lose yourself in the process of the day-to-day. Never forget who you are and Whose you are in Christ. From the book: “A Friend of Mine “Have you lost yourself? I’ve been there, not knowing where … Read more

A Prologue

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Drops of Joy – A Devotional Journey of Healing — Update 2 Welcome to my latest published work! It is the culmination of almost two decades of writing, beginning with compilations of poetry that morphed into aired radio spots, that grew into audio devotions pod-casted abroad and online and the beginning of the Joy in … Read more

A Journey of Healing

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Drops of Joy – A Devotional Journey of Healing — Update 1 Someone on social media asked me, “What was it like to put something so personal out to the world?” This is a question to ponder for a bit. I can remember the uncertain feeling I had when I posted my first poems online. … Read more