Stop Playing With Matches

You know better than to play with matches. You learned that early on, “Don’t play with matches. Leave them alone.” While the matches themselves don’t really hurt you, they can easily light and start a fire. Yes, the fire is pretty, and it is warm, but you can easily burn yourself, and if you are…

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Embracing Recovery

If you saw a person who was hurting would you help them or hurt them more?  If you knew there was someone who felt ashamed, lost, lonely, and was desperately seeking for any hope of acceptance and a second chance, how would you respond?  Would you go to them and hit them?  Would you scold…

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Dealing With It

This world is a really tough and hard place. When we are exposed to it, we find there is so much pain and suffering. We hear about all the people facing cancer and death, and all of the hungry and starving children of the world.  We have to deal with rape, abuse, human trafficking, and…

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