Connie Angel Sanders

If shame keeps looping back after spiritual abuse, you're not failing. Here's what the shame loop is, why it starts, and what to do when it does.

In the quiet hours before the darkest night— before the long shadow stretches toward the miracle of Easter morning— we come to a table, to a loaf, to a cup. Maundy Thursday does not raise its voice. It does not hurry us along. It gathers us instead— into an upper room where light flickers against the walls and something holy lingers, just beyond our grasp. Here, love bends down. Here, pride is laid low. Here , Jesus draws near— to be with those He loves. “I have eagerly desired to eat this...

I received disappointing news yesterday. Conflict and harm in a community I love did not make way for healing and repair in the way many had hoped. Ruptures left holes where deep humility, repentance, and reconciliation were needed. Godly men and women prayed. Others risked using their voices. It was messy, but full of people working to name and right wrongs—hoping that light would pave a path toward repentance and reconciliation. N o one side got what they hoped for. In Joshua 5, as Israel...