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Mom Criticizes Daughter-in-Law for Not Cleaning the House. Her Husband’s Response Is Everything.

"I didn't really know how to respond to my mother, so I floundered. I never really know what to say in moments like this."

“The Pain, Unlike My Baby Girl, Would Live on Forever”: Mom Shares Raw, Heartbreaking Stillbirth Story

“As I stood over her and spent those last few minutes with her, blood was cascading down my legs and onto the floor. I didn't care - my womb was crying. Everything about me was crying. Watching them wheel her away broke me. My life ended then and there."

“I Wonder if That’s Him. It Was Surreal”: Man Spots Boy He Rescued from Fire 13 Years Later

“I hadn't seen him in nearly 13 years, he was 4 years old then, but everything seemed to fit… I slowly walked over to him, and his family. I slowly approached him, and when he looked at me... I shattered the ice."

Jonathan Trotter

Jonathan has lived in Southeast Asia since 2012, where he serves as a pastoral counselor and helps lead an international church. He tweets @trotters41 and blogs at trotters41.com.

Marriages Are Not Meant to Be Endured

"This is not God’s plan for marriage. Marriages are not meant to be endured."

What All Parents Should Do if Your Child Says They’ve Been Sexually Abused

But terribly, it’s not what many parents and leaders actually do.

3 Big Lies “Modesty Culture” Is Teaching Your Sons

I can’t really imagine Jesus saying, “Don’t lust, but if she’s really attractive to you, and she’s not wearing much, then I totally get it."

Don’t Call Your Kids “World Changers”

You can cover it with a spiritual veneer, you can call it “speaking truth over them,” you can call it a “parental blessing,” you can even call it “stirring them up to greatness.” But from where I sit, and after what I’ve seen, I’ll just call it probably harmful.

A Letter to Christians in America From a Christian Living Abroad

"You feel like the American church has sold her soul and is rejoicing about the bargain."

Outlawed Grief, a Curse Disguised

Have you ever felt that your sadness or grief was “wrong and not very spiritual” and you should “be over this by now”?

The Proverbs 32 Man (Women Have Had Their Chapter Long Enough)

Many men are awesome, but you are the awesomest. It’s not a competition, but really, if it were, you would be winning.

4 Sneaky Tools of Spiritual Manipulators

"The Manipulators used words and phrases that I had heard before. They seemed biblical and very right, but they were not. I had been groomed for this."