Spiritual Abuse: the Fruit of Toxic Faith

Toxic faith and spiritual abuse are related but distinct. Spiritual abuse grows out of wrong thinking about God by both the abuse and the abused.

Unmet Expectations: How Should You Respond?

We face unmet expectations every day. They affect us emotionally and can throw us of track if we aren’t aware of what’s happening. This post offers practical advice on how to respond well to unmet expectations.

faith, emotions, religion and spiritualityF. Remy DiederichDecember 26, 2016expectations, loss, unmet expectations, grief and lossComment

Understanding the Powerless and How to Respond

Powerful people don’t understand what it’s like to be powerless. Their lack of empathy causes them to be judgmental. Understanding powerless people can change that.

religion and spiritualityF. Remy DiederichDecember 10, 2016empathy, power, powerlessness, powerless, power paradox, injustice, racial injustice, powerfulComment

The Power Paradox: Gaining and Losing Power

This post recaps some of the key lessons from the book, The Power Paradox.

leadership, religion and spiritualityF. Remy DiederichNovember 26, 2016Leadership, power, The Power ParadoxComment

Trump's Apology and Cheap Grace

Restoring broken relationships is an art. It often begins with an apology. But too often our apologies miss the mark like a recent apology from Donald Trump. Let’s learn from his mistakes.

relationships, religion and spiritualityF. Remy DiederichOctober 15, 2016apology, Forgiveness, Trump, bad apologyComment

Forgiveness is Not Being Nice

Forgiveness means to give up the right to get even. But there are many things that forgiveness is not. Here are six things that forgiveness is NOT.

Unconditional Forgiveness: Is it Biblical?

Unconditional forgiveness is the believe that you forgive someone even if they show no sign of remorse or change. Is this biblical?

forgivenessF. Remy DiederichAugust 15, 2016Forgiveness, relationships, unconditional Comments

Lose Your Christian Cliches and Jargon

Too often Christians dumb down their conversations by resorting to simplistic cliches and jargon. It’s intellectually insulting to people and God. We can do better.

faithF. Remy DiederichJuly 25, 2016evangelism, faith Comment

Toxic Pastors and Why They Are Not Confronted

If toxic pastors are so bad, why are they so rarely confronted? Here are ten reasons people fail at confronting a pastor. See if you can relate.

The Gift of Cancer, An Unexpected Guest

Cancer is most often seen as the great thief, robbing you of so much. But it can also be seen as a gift. There are things gained through cancer that you won’t find any place else. God is not limited by cancer. He can make good out of it if you let him.

Seven Steps To Help The Hurting

When a friend hurts, do you know what to say… or what NOT to say? Here are seven ways to help the people who are hurting in your life.

compassion, faith, grief, healing hurts, sufferingF. Remy DiederichApril 11, 2016compassion, grief, lossComment

Seven Steps to Handle Crucial Conversations

When conflict happens, do you know how to resolve it? This post looks at a seven step process to approach crucial conversations.

relationships, faith, religion and spiritualityF. Remy DiederichMarch 31, 2016conflict resolution, anger managementComment

Six Ways to Rebuild Trust

When you’ve broken the trust of someone you love, how to you rebuild their trust in you? Here are six practical steps you can start today.

relationships, religion and spiritualityF. Remy DiederichMarch 14, 2016apology, Forgiveness, trustComment

Four Guidelines to Set Healthy Boundaries

People often wonder if it’s good to set boundaries in a relationship. If so, where and how? If you are a Christian, are boundaries talked about in the Bible. This post will offer some direction and guidelines for setting boundaries in your relationships.

mental health, religion and spiritualityF. Remy DiederichMarch 8, 2016boundaries, relationships, codependencyComment

I Left My Toxic Church...Now What?

After being abused spiritually, some people give up on church. Others dive right back into church. Before you return to church there are a few things to consider.

abuse, toxic churchF. Remy DiederichFebruary 20, 2016Spiritual abuse, toxic church, abusive pastor Comments

Ten Questions to Help You Find God's Will

Finding God’s will for your life is so important. But how do you do it? This post offers ten questions to help clarify how you might find God’s will for your life.

faith, God, religion and spiritualityF. Remy DiederichJanuary 19, 2016god's will, hearing God Comment

Five Words of Advice to 20 Something Singles

It’s easy to let the ten years of your 20’s fly by and lead to regret. Here are five words of advice to 20 somethings to make the 20’s memorable. and not regretful.

religion and spiritualityF. Remy DiederichJanuary 12, 2016advice, morals, twenty somethingComment

Take Back the Pen

If you don’t like the story of your life it might be because you are letting the wrong people write your story. To reclaim your story you should take back the pen from these people.

boundaries, decision-makingF. Remy DiederichJanuary 7, 2016boundaries, responsibility, storyComment

My Advice to 30 Something Couples

Life in your 30’s is action packed. But if you have a family you need to be careful to tend to what’s most important. Otherwise you might be alone in your latter years.

family, relationshipsF. Remy DiederichJanuary 3, 2016workaholic, divorce Comments

Don't Let Fear Mislead You To Hatred

Fear seems to cause people to lose their sense of dignity. They free themselves to offer provocative and divisive words and memes online. But we are called to bring people together, not divide.

faith, religion and spiritualityF. Remy DiederichDecember 9, 2015Fear, hatred, polarize, politicsComment

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