Answers for Me Support & encouragement for every-day life
It is indeed a joy to announce that I PASSED my counseling certification exam! I was hesitant to let anyone know I even took the …
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Jennifer Jill Schwirzer
Identity In Christ
People tend to place their identity in what they think they are. Studies validate this, but so do common sense and experience. For instance, which …
Read More »Unexpected Blessing
It was a heavenly day today, sun washing the not-too-hot spring air. Such days make me ask why I ever complain. Sometimes life is almost …
Read More »My Biggest Crush
Why two of them? They were identical twins, and to love one was to love the other. Basketball player tall. Pretty-man faces. Shock of black …
Read More »Suicide and Success
In conversation with a young adult I’ll call Sophie, we talked about the suicide of a friend of hers I’ll call Tommy. “He was the …
Read More »A Lesson From Suicide
In conversation with a young adult I’ll call Sophie, we talked about the suicide of a friend of hers I’ll call Tommy. “He was the …
Read More »Holy Feminism
This week I’ve feasted my heart on a study of Jesus’ relationships with women. Amazing things happened inside of me. Passion rekindled. Apathy disappeared. My …
Read More »The Mightiest Sword
On Oct. 2, 2006, Charles Carl Roberts IV barged into an Amish one-room school house in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania brandishing a gun. His ensuing shooting …
Read More »What Wakes Me Up
As kids my three siblings and I would wake at the crack of dawn Christmas morning, breathless with excitement to open the presents piled deep …
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