But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
-Matthew 5:44

Earlier today, I wrote an article describing the horrible things that a Phoenix pastor has been teaching his congregation. The article is here:
Phoenix pastor prays for President Obama's death?Read more

Today, I read an article on CNN.com that completely floored me. It is an article about the witch children in Nigeria. This breaks my heart in two. I can not adequately describe how this makes me feel. It angers and disgusts me that people use my Savior's name to inflict such base atrocity on others; more especially children.

This must be stopped. I can not believe that more is not being done about this. This is spiritual abuse to the extreme. The article is as follows:

CNN articleRead more

Spiritual abuse has always been a major concern in churches, the world over. Yet, never before, have we seen such a new willingness to share painful and destructive experiences in churches as we have seen in recent years. People want to be heard and they long to find healing.

Not of My Making, by Dr. Margaret Jones, is the true story of one woman's journey through the realities and consequences of abuse in churches and families.Read more

Abuse, no matter, what form it takes: sexual, physical, emotional or spiritual wounds our souls often driving us away from God. After I was raped at age 11 I withdrew from everyone. Five years later finding no solace in attending mass I stopped going and became an atheist. I thought, What was the point of praying. God wasn’t listening. But that left me spiritually empty.Read more

It is with great pleasure that I announce the top letter submissions for Project Reconcile. Truthfully, there were not that many submissions. However, the quality of said submissions was impressive. It was difficult to rank them.

Each letter was evaluated by a panel of Christian writers against a wide variety of criteria. The top three that emerged were the following:

Overcoming Betrayal--By Cindy Price
Standing Firm In Our Faith--By Cherie LaLanne
To Whom It May Concern--By T.J. Sinsay

They will recieve a signed copy of my book, T.R.U.T.H. IN MINISTRY.Read more

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
-2 Corinthians 5:18

Chances are, you know someone who has left the church after having been damaged by the Christians that comprise it. Maybe they left Christ completely. That person might even be you. Regardless of the circumstances surrounding the trespass, the negative effects on that person’s life can take years to recover from, if they recover at all. Read more