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shersh on 09 Jun 2016
I kissed watching The Bachelor goodbye. Yes, I have joined millions in watching many episodes over the seasons of the wildly popular show. Overall, 8.33 million viewers tune into The Bachelor or The Bachelorette, and the programs pull their highest rating share in the 18-49 year-old demographic. I laughed at the ridiculous antics of contestants […]
Tags: Culture of Distorted Sexuality, Culture of Objectification, Culture of Rape, Culture of Substance Abuse, Sexual Healing, Stanford Rape, The Bachelor & Bachelorette
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shersh on 12 Apr 2016
I kicked a gas pump last week and shouted a word I hardly ever use. The gas pump gave me 1-2 gallons of gas and then shut down, and I had to cancel the transaction and start the process all over again. And then I took my car through the car wash, which trapped it […]
Tags: Beautiful worship, King David, Loss, Pain, Strange Women, Surrender, Toxic, Waste
Filed in Addiction,Alcoholism,Betrayal,Desire,Detox,Disappointment,Divorce,Dreams,Grace,Living Water,Loneliness,Marriage,Mental Illness,Passion,Powerlessness,Relationship with Jesus,Relationships,Resurrection,Scandal,Sexual Abuse,Sorrow,Surrender,The Humble King,Thirst,Waste
shersh on 07 Apr 2016
The next videocast is about one of the most confusing, painful realities that I face and hear about from others. Singleness. It taunts you in a house full of people. It greets you at the end of a day, after you’ve done everything you’re supposed to do. It walks with you through the aisles of […]
Tags: Loneliness, our terrible beautiful ache, Relationships, Singleness, the shadows, the substance
Filed in Desire,Disappointment,Divorce,Holly Stratton,lifehurts.us,Loneliness,Love Story,Marriage,Radically Redemptive Relationships,Relationship with Jesus,Relationships,Singleness,the shadows,The Substance.
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
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shersh on 22 Mar 2016
Today we show the videocast you’ve all been waiting for. Holly shares that she is married to the best man (and I know him and he seems pretty great), but that still isn’t good enough. When I was in middle school I wrote an essay called, “Mr. Right.” I described my dream man as a […]
Tags: Caitlin Jenner, Easter men and women, Marriage, Relationships, the Ultimate Man
Filed in 2 Women Finding Common Ground for Love's Sake,Betrayal,Bravehearts,Caitlin Jenner,Disappointment,Dreams,God Only Writes Good Stories,lifehurts.us,Love Story,Marriage,Practice Resurrection,Radically Redemptive Relationships,Relationship with Jesus,the shadows,The Substance.,the Ultimate Man
shersh on 08 Mar 2016
Today is our fifth videocast in our series about Radically Redemptive Relationships. There is probably no other area in life where we experience more pain, hope, heartache, and desire . . . and I think God intended it to be that way. My prayer is that we will not be afraid to look a little […]
Tags: fierce battles, letting go, letting God, Parenthood, Redemption
Filed in Bravehearts,Change,Desire,Disappointment,Dreams,God Only Writes Good Stories,God's Mercy,Grace,Gratitude,Home,Illusion of control,Parenthood,Radically Redemptive Relationships,Redemption,Relationship with Jesus,Surrender
shersh on 28 Feb 2016
“I . . um . . . I’m pretty sure . . . that I will never be loved.” Kyle told me those words about nine years ago when he began to see me after just being recently diagnosed with schizophrenia. It wasn’t the illness that Kyle blamed for being unworthy of love – it was […]
Tags: Brokenness, homelessness, Jesus had the final word, Love will have the final word, Mental Illness, Schizaphrenia, Wounds are Where Love Gets In
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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
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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
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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
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