Flourish, Part Three: Our True Identity Growing our Roots Deeper in our Identity Found in Christ in a World that Tries to Trip Us Up

Written by Madison Caffrey You’re not good enough.  I need to be more like her. You’re too skinny. You can be better than that. I need to fit in. You need to lose weight. You aren’t pretty enough. You are too awkward. They would like me better if I just went along with what they…

Flourish, Part Two: Letting Go Growing out of the Anxieties and Worries this World Brings

Written by Madison Caffrey I have a fear of skydiving. I am deathly afraid of jumping from some obscene height with a person strapped to my back, falling at unfathomable speeds, relying on the person on my back to pull the parachute and bring us to safety. Why am I so afraid of this? I…

Flourish, Part One: Never Limiting God Growing from Under the Hurts, Hang-Ups, and Circumstances from our Past

Written by Madison Caffrey  “For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11 God tells us that He has our future taken care of, that our life is safe in His…

The Most Dangerous Lies, Part One: Catching Lies

They’re slippery little dudes. They feel safe….not because they ARE safe….but because they are familiar. They disguise themselves as truths we have to live by….the key words being “have to”….because if we don’t live by them, we believe some sort of danger will result.  They are “truths” with some sort of special super-powers to secure…