Before you kiss the frog, let’s talk. Let’s talk about choices that make your future healthier. Walk with me through a biblically based decision tree and not rely on aroused feelings and sensations that can lead us astray.

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Come along with me through discussion of characteristics of churches and pastors that tend to operate this way under the threat of misconduct exposure. Let’s look at common techniques of leadership during the cover-up process.

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This is the true story of a church in America's Bible Belt, the First Christian Church in Florissant, Missouri--a church with a meager beginning and record of steady growth for forty-nine years until the weight of sexual abuse charges against a youth minister left it, and its congregation, broken. This is a case history and analysis of those events.  

This is for the victims. —Joy S. Taylor, Author

Today is a beautiful day, because “In HIs great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.” (1 Peter 1:3-4) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because God is a Holy God, who makes us holy. (from Leviticus 20:7-8) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because God calls us to be holy as He is holy. ( from 1 Peter 1:15) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because through God’s glory and goodness we are given great and precious promises so that we may participate in the divine nature and escape corruption caused by evil desires. (from 2 Peter 1:3-4) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day because, “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.” (2 Peter 1:3-4) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

The Strand

  My generation listened to Frank Sinatra singing “I Did It My Way,” and the “NOW” ideas on liberated living. Women of my era took the bait and tried becoming supermom. I didn’t fair too well trying to follow that path. I wonder how those choices are panning out among others my age. I learned…

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God’s Kid

Today is a beautiful day, because of the gravity in the psalmist’s statement “When I said, ‘My foot is slipping,’ your love, O LORD, supported me.” (Psalm 94:18) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because the Lord rises up against evil and will not forsake His people. (from Psalm 94) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because “I will continue to rejoice for I know that through your prayers and the help given by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, what happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.” (Philippians 1:18b-19) #‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬