Archive for the 'Failure' Category
shersh on 24 Nov 2018
Three weeks ago my friend, Nick Richtsmeier and I began The Convos – a conversation on Facebook (about the worst place to have a conversation) based on our belief that conversations make us and break us. This week we talked about Thanksgiving table talk, gun violence, trolls, the “love zone,” the Orlando nightclub shooting, and […]
Tags: Holy cow!, Holy ground, Love Listens, Love talks, The Convos, the Love Zone, This is About Us
Filed in Black Friday,Breathe Love,Busyness,Change,Dehumanizing Behiavor,Failure,Gratitude,holidays,Holy cow!,Holy ground,Imposter,Loneliness,Love Listens,Love Talks,Loving our neighbors,Masks,Politics,Radically Redemptive Relationships,Saving Conversation,Say Something,Social Media,Thanksgiving,The Convos,The Person Behind the Opinion,The World is Wide Enough,This is About Us,Vulnerability,Words
shersh on 31 Mar 2016
This is the next videocast in the Radically Redemptive Relationships series. We talk about betrayal, but the truth is that we can’t put words to it. We were made to never be betrayed, and so we don’t manage it well. We rage at God, we hurt others, and ourselves. Betrayal is the exact opposite of […]
Tags: Alcohol and Grace Abuse, Come out of Hiding, Erik Guzman, keylife.org, Steffany Gretzinger
Filed in Addiction,Alcoholism,Betrayal,Confession,Failure,Freedom,God Only Writes Good Stories,God's Mercy,Grace,Healing,Imposter,lifehurts.us,Love will have the final word,Masks,Radically Redemptive Relationships,Redemption,Relationship with Jesus,Resurrection
shersh on 02 Feb 2016
The next videocast in the Radically Redemptive Relationships: 2 Woman Find Common Ground for the Sake of Love is about Scandalous Relationships. You can watch it at https://youtu.be/ui72Q07ECMY. We all read the headlines: “8 Church Scandals That May Have Challenged Your Faith;” “Today it’s Tulian: Will the Scandals Never End;” “Scandal Rocks biggest Christian Network” […]
Tags: Adultery, Affairs, Ashley Madison, forgiveness, Grace, Inappropriate Relationships, Scandals in the Church, the scandal of Grace, Tulian Tcihividjian
Filed in 2 Women Finding Common Ground for Love's Sake,Affairs,Ashley Madison,Betrayal,Bravehearts,Breathe,Breathe Fire,Breathe Love,Dehumanizing Behiavor,Desire,Disappointment,Failure,Freedom,God Only Writes Good Stories,God's Mercy,Grace,Gratitude,Holly Stratton,lifehurts.us,Loneliness,Love Story,Masks,Radically Redemptive Relationships,Redemption,Relationship with Jesus,Relationships,Resurrection,Say Something,Scandal,Surrender,Thirst,TulianTchividjian,Uncategorized,Vulnerability
shersh on 26 Jan 2016
Radically Redemptive Relationships? You’ve Got to Be Crazy! Into Me See – It Takes A Braveheart The day has finally come when my dear friend since college (dare I say, over thirty years ago!?) Holly Stratton (lifehurts.us) and I share our debut VIDEOCASTS: Radically Redemptive Relationships: Finding Common Ground For Love’s Sake. The videocasts were […]
Tags: Friendship, Hiding, Intimacy, Teresa of Avila
Filed in Addiction,Alcoholism,Bravehearts,Change,Confession,COURAGE TO CHANGE,Desire,Disappointment,Divorce,Donald Miller - Scary Close,Failure,Freedom,Giving to Others,God Only Writes Good Stories,God's Mercy,Grace,Holly Stratton,Illusion of control,Imposter,legalism,lifehurts.us,Loneliness,Love Story,Passion,Pride,Radically Redemptive Relationships,Relationship with Jesus,Relationships,Tattoos,Telling the Truth,The R cubed Challenge,Vulnerability
shersh on 16 Jan 2016
It was 25 degrees outside. Windchill of 5. The sun was just rising and the last thing I wanted to do was to put on my layers of running clothes, lace up my rarely-used, but guaranteed to make you want to exercise Hoka’s. But I did. I was resolute. When the wind blasted my face, […]
Tags: Cold weather, Exercise, Fight song, Resolutions
Filed in Addiction,Addiction Treatment,Alcoholism,All is Grace,Baby It's Cold Outside,Betrayal,Desire,Disappointment,Divorce,Failure,Freedom,God's Mercy,Grace,Gratitude,Healing,Illusion of control,iPhone,Isolation,Loneliness,Mumford & Sons,Passion,Radically Redemptive Relationships,Redemption,Relationship with Jesus,Resurrection,Salvation Story,Singleness,Sorrow,Surrender,The Humble King,Vulnerability
shersh on 26 Oct 2015
Everyone is talking about it. Betrayal. Whether it’s a pastor whose name was discovered in the Ashley Madison hack or President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran – that some say is an unforgivable betrayal of Israel – betrayal makes us run for cover in fear that we might be the next to be betrayed or […]
Tags: Ashley Madison, Ben Affleck, Betrayal, Blake Shelton, Divorce, Divorce Decree, Elie Wiesel, Iran, Israel, Jennifer Garner, Miranda Lambert, Tattoos, the Holocaust, the signature of Jesus
Filed in Affairs,Ashley Madison,Betrayal,Confession,Dehumanizing Behiavor,Desire,Disappointment,Eiie Wiesel,Failure,God Only Writes Good Stories,God's Mercy,Grace,Gratitude,Holocaust,Inappropriate Relationship,Iran and Israel,Obama,Powerlessness,Radically Redemptive Relationships,Redemption,Relationship with Jesus,Relationships,Salvation Story,Scandal,Social Media,Surrender,Tattoos,Vulnerability
shersh on 03 Oct 2015
I didn’t want to go. I didn’t have time to go. But I remembered what it was like to be confined, unable to even get your own Chapstick. (And in the dry heat of Colorado that can be traumatic.) In fact, as I drove on this reluctant errand, I recalled when my parents discovered […]
Tags: alcoholism, Alcoholism Treatment, Detox, Finding $36000, forgiveness, Grand Rescuer, Lord of Shame, Lover of Sinners, Mentally Ill, Poor, Security, Wanting You
Filed in Addiction,Addiction Treatment,Alcoholism,COURAGE TO CHANGE,Dehumanizing Behiavor,Detox,Disappointment,Failure,Finding $36000,Freedom,Giving to Others,God's Mercy,Grace,Gratitude,Healing,Isolation,Living Water,Loneliness,Loving our neighbors,Mental Illness,Mother's Day,Powerlessness,Pride,Radically Redemptive Relationships,Redemption,Relationship with Jesus,Relationships,Salvation Story,Sorrow,Surrender,Telling the Truth,The Humble King,Thirst,Vulnerability
shersh on 28 Aug 2015
In the wake of yet another scandal we are discovering that all the ways that the Internet allows us to connect are also baffling, cunning, and insidious ways to disconnect. A website that “guarantees” you an affair if you can pay the price, leaves most of shaking our heads at who would think of such […]
Tags: Addiction, Ashley Madison, Breathe Fire, Breathe Love, forgiveness, Grace, Imposters, Kale Salad, Mercy, Reconciliation, the Humble King, Venmo, Vulnerability
Filed in Addiction,Affairs,Alcoholism,Ashley Madison,C.S. Lewis,Dehumanizing Behiavor,Designing Women,Desire,Disappointment,Ezer,Failure,Fraud,Giving to Others,God's Mercy,Grace,Imposter,Inappropriate Relationship,Josh Duggar,Julia Sugarbaker,Kale Salad,Killing Desire,Living Water,Love Story,Perversions,Redemption,Relationship with Jesus,Relationships,Salvation Story,Scandal,Sexual Addiction,Singleness,Social Media,Suitable Helper,Surrender,Teach Our Daughters to Breathe Fire,The Humble King,Thirst,Venmo,Vulnerability
shersh on 27 Jul 2015
Alone. Several weeks ago the History Channel began to chronicle the fascinating and sometimes bone-chilling stories of, “Ten men who enter the Vancouver Island wilderness carrying only what they can fit in a small backpack. They are alone in harsh, unforgiving terrain with a single mission–stay alive as long as they can. These men […]
Tags: Addiction, Alcoholism. Busyness, Donald Miller - Scary Close, Grace, History Channel Alone, Isolation, Living Water, Loneliness, Masks, Perfectionism, Powerlessness, Predators, Reality Television, Redemption, Relationships, Singleness, Starvation, Surrender, Survivalists, The Last Addiction, Thirst
Filed in Addiction,Alcoholism,Busyness,C.S. Lewis,Confession,Desire,Disappointment,Donald Miller - Scary Close,Failure,Fraud,Freedom,God's Mercy,Grace,Gratitude,History Channel - Alone,Home,Illusion of control,Imposter,Isolation,Living Water,Loneliness,Love Story,Loving our neighbors,Masks,Passion,Perfectionism,Powerlessness,Predators,Reality Television,Redemption,Relationship with Jesus,Relationships,Sexual Abuse,Singleness,Sorrow,Starvation,Success,Surrender,Survivalists,Telling the Truth,The Last Addiction,Thirst
shersh on 12 Jul 2015
The following stories are true. The scam is real, but names and inconsequential details have been changed to protect those involved. Okay, Cupid. My friend, Sara logged on to the dating website, Ok Cupid, with reluctance and the tiniest bit of hope. Almost immediately she was messaged by a handsome man, with a job, who […]
Tags: alcoholism, Catfishing, Come home, Divorce, False promise, Fhishing, Fraud, Imposter, It is Finished, Jesus, Nigerian romance scam, On-line dating, Prone to Wander, Scarlet Letter, Singleness, Stand at the Door and Knock
Filed in Addiction,Alcoholism,Cat-fishing,Confession,Desire,Disappointment,Divorce,Dreams,Failure,Fhishing,Fraud,God's Mercy,Grace,Home,Imposter,Loneliness,Love Story,Nigerian romance scam,Ok Cupid,On-line Dating,Passion,Redemption,Relationship with Jesus,Relationships,Scam,Scarlet Letter,Singleness,Surrender,Telling the Truth
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