How do you forgive someone over and over again?  How do you forgive someone who isn't sorry? 

Maybe you have a difficult relationship where you find yourself having to forgive over and over again.  

I invited Kim Marxhausen who has her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and has also studied positive psychology, to talk to us about how can we forgive someone over and over again.  You can visit her website by clicking on her name.

Have you ever stayed away from church because you were hurt over something that happened?  Maybe you had to walk away from your church for a while.  

What do we do when church hurts?  How do we forgive?  Can we come back to a church we have left?

In this episode, I sit down with Pastor Keith Speaks, to talk about forgiveness in the church.  He was our Pastor many years ago and he helped my husband and I be able to come back to a church that we had left. 

Life in the church can be beautiful and broken at the same time.  In this episode, I sit down with Heidi Goehmann, who is a licensed social worker to talk about forgiveness and life in the church. 

Please take some time to visit Heidi's website.

Loving our family and living with them can be complicated.  In this episode, I talk to Chistina Hergenrader to talk about her book Family Trees & Olive Branches Creating a Culture of Grace in our Families.

Families are broken and beautiful.  How can we learn to live in the messiness that life brings with our families?  Please join us for this conversation. 

Make sure to check out Christina's website where you can find more information about her books and also her video course.   

God loves you beyond measure. Sometimes we get stuck in feelings of guilt and shame and we wonder if God could really love and forgive us.  The answer is, YES!  

God's ways are not our ways.  We struggle with understanding God's grace because we do not think that way.  We place limits on God.  His love for you has no limits.

Last week I interviewed Sharla Fritz, make sure to check out this blog post she wrote about forgiveness. 

Do you struggle with guilt and shame? Do you wonder how God could forgive you? 

Sharla Fritz talks to us about looking at scripture to help us understand God's grace and forgiveness.  She gives us some very practical ways to sit with God while we read His Word.  

Please visit Sharla's Website, she has wonderful resources and tools designed to help you draw closer to God.  

God is with you, right now, my friend.  In this moment, whatever you are facing, He gives you abundant grace.  His gifts for you are unending.  This day and every day He gives you joy, peace, hope, grace, and His unending love.  

Rejoice the Lord is near.  In His presence, there is fullness of joy.  As we wait for the coming of the Lord, we can rest in His presence and His promises.  

God will keep you in perfect peace in all situations.  Sometimes we might think we need to figure out peace like there is a five-step plan.  True peace comes from God and He gives it to us. In this second week in Advent, we will focus on peace.