How God used Church hurt to heal me — In my previous articles, which you can find here and here, I spoke extensively about church hurt and its effects on me. First and foremost, I do not want this to become about bashing the church-at-large because there are some great churches out there. Just because some of the apples…

So I have church hurt, now what? — My phone beeped with a torrent of new messages. It was one of my “church mothers.” She wanted to know why I hadn’t been to church or small group in a while. Frankly, I shut off my phone and tried to distract myself with something else. So now, what do…

Why the Devil lives in the Church pews… It all started so well…I remember walking to the church location from the metro checking my Google maps incessantly like it would switch up directions on me any second (which it actually can do). Five more minutes, I muttered to myself as…

How to overcome your unbelief — I sat blankly staring at the computer screen to fill in another registration form. My hands shook as my heart sank when I read what I had feared after submission, “registration for this property is already full.” It had been a month since we had started house-hunting; we were staying…

Keep your peace, and get blessed out of the mess — Have you ever had one of those days that you pray that God rains hell & brim fire on someone because they just ticked you off the wrong way? They knew what they would say and knew it would rub you the wrong way, yet they proceeded anyway? “Shady Business” I had…

The case against “performative” Christianity The balmy wind hit me before the sun penetrated my dark shades, the ocean washing in and out, exposing new shells and coral bits that have been hundreds of years in the making. As I walked barefoot on what the locals called Pink Beach on…

What do we do when prayer doesn’t change things? — I was chatting with my Dad about his younger days growing up on a farm on Curaçao. It was fascinating to hear how early he had to get up and go about his daily chores, how he had to deliver farm produce to the different markets around the island and…

Why does the Bible frustrate so much? — I used to call the Word of the Lord complete crap because I was so angry — angry that He would allow people to reject me, angry that I felt He had abandoned me, angry that I thought that He wasn’t answering my prayers. So many of us grew up…

Why we should flee from temptation My phone screen lights up….hey C, you good? It seems like such an innocent question, but the person asking was my greatest nemesis and weakness at the time. He used to be a guy I had a relationship with, dating a tumultuous (for lack of a better word — severely…