The Time of Waiting is Past By: Susan Deborah Schiller "Do I have to DIE in order for people to hear me?" asked a woman who was forced out of her home by a predator-pastor, threatening her life… boasting that his hands are lethal weapons. Of course no one believes her – in public, he is so […]
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How do I choose Love when someone I have allowed into the deepest places of my heart has turned against me? What does choosing Love look like when you are being deliberately and maliciously harmed? This kind of thing happens in churches all across the world, and in Christian marriages and families. In prayer, I […]
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Broken is the Beginning By: Susan Deborah Schiller "Enter through the Doorway of Hope," Daddy God once whispered to me. "The valley of troubles is the Gateway to Hope," my friend Kimberly said. "Broken is the beginning," author Glennon Dyle Melton is saying in this video. Many of us see our own brokenness as […]
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Your Valley of Trouble is a Door of Hope By: Kimberly Dimick Many of us see our own brokenness as an end to life, but, author, Glennon Doyle Melton, shares with us that it is only the beginning. Grief has a way of opening up parts of our lives to unexpected joy and hope. It […]
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A Word to the Wise By: Chris Anderson, of First Love Ministries [There were] ten virgins….five of them were wise, and five were foolish.. but while the Bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there was a shout, “Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.” So, let us go out to […]
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Astonished by the Most Brilliant Light in the Darkest Times By: Susan Deborah Schiller Following the Light means choosing Love, and for me today that's reading old journals, which I call conversations with Daddy. I like to call them "brilliant thoughts" – like stars piercing through the dark heavens. A brilliant thought originates beyond my […]
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Reinvention through Resurrection By: Susan Deborah Schiller Previous Chapter: The Suicide Notice "…Hope knows that if great trials are avoided, great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.… When tragedy makes its unwelcome appearance and we are deaf to everything but the shriek of our own agony, when courage flies […]
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War of Peace By: Susan Deborah Schiller If you’re like me, this past year may have been one of the toughest years of your life. Do you feel like you’ve been holding on by your fingernails and they’re bleeding, or worse, have you fallen into the abyss of despair? Not everyone understands us. We are […]
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An Encounter at God's Beauty Spa By: Susan Deborah Schiller What if the abuse you've endured serves to make you bigger, better, and more beautiful? What if what scares you turns into your greatest source of blessing? What if the ugliest things you've seen and heard are being used to make you more beautiful? What if the weapon […]
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Treasures in the Tearing By: Susan Deborah Schiller “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.” — Terrence Tempest Williams Some days it's just too hard to write another word. Do you, too, know this struggle? That's when I pull out Leigha's words and say them […]
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Give What You Have By: Susan Deborah Schiller I offer you another chapter from my memoir, "On the Way Home". This chapter takes place in 2011, a time when my husband abandoned me in the desert and ran off with another woman. I was trying to restart my life in an unfamiliar city. * * * * * * * * * * […]
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Words to Live By By: Susan Deborah Schiller He knew she would need joy, creativity, songs, and laughter just at the period in time of her disclosure of unspeakable things. At the last minute, she discovered a local audition for a children's theater and she won a part. Not a big part that would require lots […]
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The Truth Cannot be Extinguished By: Susan Deborah Schiller The light shines in the darkness and the darkness does not understand it, and cannot extinguish it… – Madeleine L'Engle Hope is a Light shining in the darkness, even if at first it's just a tiny beam. Even on days when I'm straining to focus on […]
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Curing the Sting of Betrayal: Caught in a Smear Campaign By: White Dove Living, working, or ministering with a sociopath will eventually result in a smear campaign launched against you. That's just how these things work, nearly every time. Even Jesus was betrayed by someone in his own team. If you can switch over from […]
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A Flower Still Blooms By: White Dove In the deep silence of a rural Wyoming midnight, there was no immediate answer to my questions. Just a whisper, an invitation to see sociopathic abuse through a new lens. It is a year I’ll never forget, a season of walking a solitary path through the dark night […]
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We Are Crossing Over By: Susan Deborah Schiller Thousands of years ago God put into place a plan to save every family – every man, woman, and child. It's an ongoing story that was first recorded in the Old Testament, with "cities of refuge" and family "redeemers". I write more about this stratege at "The […]
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How Changing My Thoughts Changed Me By: Miriam Miriam is the pen name of a reader, who shares with us part of her story. I hope you will encourage her by commenting in the box at the bottom. You can be anonymous, if you wish! For as long as I can remember, mirrors have held […]
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The Courage to Go Public By: Susan Deborah Schiller "Go public with your diaries," whispered a voice I've come to trust as my heavenly father's. "But instead of writing the past, I want you to write your future," he continued. Since then, I've joined a growing army of "heart scribes" and we are writing ourselves into […]
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The Kaleidoscope Effect By: Deborah Whtie Dove “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a […]
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