Anger is the right response to something that is so wrong. But don't let the anger and pain and loss you feel prevent you from forgiving him and removing your hands from around his neck.

I had a very angry father and was disconnected from my family.

when I live in you, then together we can live through everything that happens to you.

In some sense every parent does love their children. But some parents are too broken to love them well& others are barely able to love them at all.

Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe & powerful.

Part of my journey is to say that the soul of the human being must be a massively intricate, wonderful creation that God has a respect for in ways that we do not and that leaves a huge amount of space to go explore.

I don't need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose to punish it; it's my joy to cure it.