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How Does Your Garden Grow?

How Does Your Garden Grow?

This mid-month newsletter is an opportunity to learn about  sin in the form of marital domination. “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption,...
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

For those who don’t understand the complexity of living with an oppressive individual, consider this narrative: Anna dreamed of growing up and moving to France. She read books about French art and landmarks. She imagined what it would feel like to sit in the shadow of...
A Rose with Thorns

A Rose with Thorns

The idiom “love is a rose with thorns” means that love is beautiful and rewarding, but it also comes with challenges and difficulties. The phrase implies that the beauty and joy of love are worth the pain and sacrifice, just like a rose is worth its thorns. One woman...
Is Scripture All You Need?

Is Scripture All You Need?

There are many reasons church leadership may be uncertain or unaware of the dire need to learn more about domestic abuse. Consider this common opposition and how Clarity in Action might help your church with its half-day training (in person or via Zoom):  “The...
An Invitation to Light

An Invitation to Light

At this time of year, as the days grow shorter, we celebrate the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the Light of the world. In talking to Nicodemus, Jesus said, “This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because...
Pictures Instead of Thousands of Words

Pictures Instead of Thousands of Words

In a destructive relationship one individual harms another. In a healthy, God-honoring relationship each person benefits. God, the ultimate picture of fellowship and Personhood, provides the template for human relationships. We were created to give and take which is...