by joebeam | Apr 19, 2011 | How To's, Life, Marriage Trouble, Overcoming the Past, Relationship, Uncategorized
Forgiving does not always mean reconciliation. Forgiving frees the forgiver from chains of anger, hatred, bitterness, or haunting memories. Reconciliation means that as forgiveness is granted, the previous relationship will be restored, if possible. Previous blogs,...
by joebeam | Mar 17, 2011 | God, How To's, Life, Marriage Trouble, Overcoming the Past, Sex, Uncategorized
Before we examine reconciliation, let’s talk about something called “decision based forgiveness.” Baskin and Enright wrote about it in a scholarly article published in 2004 in the Journal of Counseling and Development. If a person waits until he or...
by Andrea Frazer | Mar 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Written by guest blogger Andrea Frazer Last night, as has been the case once/week for as long as I can remember, my six year old daughter had a bedtime meltdown. My beauty can normally be described as self-assured, rational, organized, and down right elegant. But...
by joebeam | Mar 2, 2011 | God, How To's, Life, Overcoming the Past, Uncategorized
Forgiveness does not necessarily mean reconciliation. One CAN forgive and NOT create or restore a relationship with the person(s) that they forgive. Think of forgiving as having three aspects. The first two are essential if you are to free yourself from the burden of...
by Andrea Frazer | Feb 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Written by guest blogger Andrea Frazer One of the things I’ve been praying for lately is for a new church. The one I’m at is lovely. It’s where I went to school and where I’ve attended countless weddings, funerals and First Communions. But...
by Andrea Frazer | Feb 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Written by guest blogger Andrea Frazer It was a crazy past few weeks, hence less posting. I suppose, during those times, I should write more. I can’t be the only woman trying to juggle finances, kids, cooking, cleaning, missing field trip slips, exercise, marriage and...
