Guest post by Gail Austin ( An authentic real-time example of writing through the pain.) The Protector I got married the first time at 17. I only did it to get away from a terrible home life, which is of course a story all its own. It was only minutes after moving into my new […]
Write Where It Hurts
God has used writing in my life in a powerful way. As a word-lover, an author, I’ve learned this, how sometimes we write for publication, yes, but how sometimes we write simply to reconcile. To uncover truths and connect dots in ways that sometimes aren’t possible until we sit quiet with the pressing questions.
Today, I’m passionate about writing as a healing tool. You’ll find Write Where It Hurts a connection point, an invitation to women and conversations that bring healing. We need that, don’t we? A place where can we can drop all the masks and cut through the hard stuff.
Come join us. In our online community here, you’ll find hope, encouragement, and practical tools along with a challenge to live intentionally. Pull up a chair. Grab a spot of tea, or your favorite java. Be encouraged and inspired as you connect with other brave-hearted women who have faced unfathomable trials with courage. Risk the writing challenges, and be rewarded with a fresh perspective of your own.
Writing Saved My Life
Guest post by Summer Alexander I was fifteen years old the first time he showed me who he really was. He forcefully grabbed my wrist and berated me for not returning his phone calls. This was at a time when it wasn’t commonplace for everyone over the age of 8 years old to have a […]
Limitless
Guest post by Beth Jones Often when I wash dishes, my eyes wander outside the window. I normally watch the beautiful red cardinals flit about, and the squirrels store up nuts for the winter but this weekend I spotted our neighbor’s Labrador on a leash, attached to a rolling trolley between two trees. He could […]
Beating the Bully
Guest post by Kate Powers “Why are you being mean to me?” A friend of mine’s first grade son marched up to the 4th grade bully ring leader and demanded an answer. He’d been bullied for days now. “I don’t know your name,” she said. He told her his name along with a reminder there […]
Rise Up and Dance
Guest post by Jo-Ann Sass The wanderings of my impatient soul have caused my foot to slip, and I’ve tumbled to the depth of the pit. No light to see, no air to breathe, I’m lost in this desolate place. My very flesh has betrayed me, and cares not of the jest and the […]
Door of Opportunity: Journaling through Job Loss
Guest post by Joyce Harrell The day starts off full of emotions, this last official day of my employment. Although I am on vacation this week, I’m packing up office equipment which belongs to the company I no longer work for. Through no fault of my own, politics wins and another company seizes the contract. […]
Gifts from My Father
Guest post by Gail Austin It’s been a strange year–packed full of epiphanies lately. Occasionally we’re forced to clean out our closets. Our life closets, our spiritual closets and our emotional closets. We need to check to see what needs to be fixed, tossed, or maybe even re-gifted. My latest epiphany was how God had […]
Motherhood: The Never-Ending Job
Guest post by Joyce Harrell Many years ago when I was a young mother with small children, I somehow thought when they left the nest my job as mother would end. I thought when I raised them to be responsible adults somehow they wouldn’t need me anymore. Boy was I wrong! I am glad to […]
You Will Not Be Burned
“The gas main is still connected!” My husband Ray, a critical care paramedic, texted me from a raging house fire this weekend while on his 24-hour shift. As he and his partner waited outside the home before going in to see if there was anyone alive, I told him to be careful. “God, protect him […]
Gotta Love Do-Overs
Once when I moved from one state to another it was required by the new state that I take a written exam for my license. Only it wasn’t written. It was one of those simulated driving conditions where you suddenly had to make a decision about what to do. I was mortified—I received my drivers at fifteen and […]
