When church is hard
The silence that feels like judgment, the shame you carry in by yourself, and the quiet way a faith community can become the very place your story finally helps someone.
The silence that feels like judgment, the shame you carry in by yourself, and the quiet way a faith community can become the very place your story finally helps someone.
Addiction and secrecy are twins. Together they can dismantle a marriage
before anyone has the language to describe what is happening. This post
is about what addiction does — to both of you.
This letter is for the one who wonders if hope applies to them too — who may feel they are beyond healing, beyond grace, or too far gone to come home. It is not true.
Some struggles rally the whole community to your side. Others are suffered in silence. Understanding this difference is the first step toward ending the shame that makes hard things even harder.