by Megan Kenney | Apr 18, 2023 | Blog, Despair
Many of the Psalms offer us a glimpse into the minds of people drowning in despair, as well as how they actively battled it. Psalm 42 is aptly deemed a Maskil, which means a lesson or contemplation. As we break down this Psalm, our hope and prayer is that you will...
by Cynthia Mascarenhas | Apr 11, 2023 | Blog, Narcisstic Abuse
For better or for worse; for richer or for poorer; until death do us part…these words are not to be taken lightly. Many of us do not take them lightly. We recognize them as a covenant made between two people and God. In this blog post, we will dive deeper into...
by Cynthia Mascarenhas | Apr 4, 2023 | Blog, Grief
It would be normal for those who have not endured intense and complicated grief from the loss of a spouse to not understand why grief seems to linger through a life-time. With the passage of time, memories of your loved one should have diminished – they do get...
by Cynthia Mascarenhas | Mar 29, 2023 | Blog, Narcisstic Abuse
Sexual abuse is so poorly understood. Its very basic definition can be so simplistic that it eliminates a lot of situations of sexual abuse merely because they appear to fall within the confines of “consent”. Sexual abuse is generally defined as any sexual activity,...
by Megan Kenney | Mar 21, 2023 | Blog, Despair
When you hear “green pastures” in Psalm 23, what image comes to mind? Most of us in the western world likely picture a lush meadow – a flourishing field with an endless supply of grass. With this preconception, it’s easy to assume Psalm 23, “He makes me lie down...
by Cynthia Mascarenhas | Mar 14, 2023 | Blog, Trauma
She’s acting crazy. She’s scared all the time. She cannot stop talking about what was done to her. (You will never hear me say “what happened to her” because it did not just happen – someone did it to her.) She hates him. She overreacts to everything. She seems...
