Shame is a big part of addiction. To recover, people don’t need judgment. They need acceptance of who they are, writes Eliezer Gonzalez.
It’s hard to imagine being more desperate than that moment when you run out of loo roll. It can teach us something about our humanity, writes Sam Chan.
Our response when we fail can either set us on a path of deeper connection with God, freedom and forgiveness, or years of shame, guilt and condemnation.
Some people start on Honour Island, but most of us start on either Average or Shame Island. Average Island is where the majority of the population dwells.
Raw, honest and often uncomfortable, this tragic yet beautiful story of redemption is interwoven with real-life testimonies from modern-day prodigals.
We all fall and we all fail, but what we do after falling short either sets us on a trajectory of grace and redemption, or guilt and shame.
“Do I like the person that I’ve become?” We don’t like who the Aussie team has become, but what about the plank in our eye then?
My life doesn’t look like most of my friends’ lives. I am different from most of the other mums in my circle. And different is hard.