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“Depression” – Lying label that doesn’t mean what it says.

Wrestling with understanding what depression is.

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The Road to Here

My Kids Are More Mature Than Me

I am in a position right now between the Navy and my family which is pretty rough.  I am handling it pretty well, but it is awfully hard.  As I …

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Call It What It Is… Fail

Fail I don’t know if ever I have come across a word as painful, demoralizing, or heavy to me as this one. Fail It doesn’t hurt when it is being …

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My Wife’s Encouraging Letter to Friends in the Midst of Porn

  My wife and I have endured much together.  I love her deeply.  (You hear that babe, I said I love you, and I said it in “public”)  All kidding …

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Vulnerable Much?

Vulnerable, Wounded, and Broken It seems as though I often get into conversations with people that are very similar to other conversations I have had with other folks recently.  Maybe …

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I’ma Burn This Jungle to the Ground part 2

I had to take another look into this Jesus dilemma.  It was my understanding of Him and what He wants that got me into this predicament. In the years that …

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I’ma Burn This Jungle to the Ground part 1

I stood on the edge of a pristine beach.  My heart was broken within me.  All the hope I had ever known had just been flushed from my soul.  While …

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