THE
HONEST US
true-life confessions of
courageous misfits
RESOURCES
The Danger of a Single Story sums up the reason for this blog.
When we are only told one story over and over, we forget that no one is made up of a single story. We are a whole life of stories.
Let's tell them all so that we can open our eyes to know one another, and to love one another.
This article offers excellent insight in how to listen well, and why it is important to do so.
Let's focus on living life aligned to Christ, not 'Christian culture.' It may help us relate better to our neighbors with different backgrounds.
This blog includes an excerpt from Elisabeth Elliot's Passion and Purity which discusses the beauty that we can find even in the deaths we experience. This passage has meant so much in my life and I hope it touches you.
This article offers excellent insight in how to listen well, and why it is important to do so.
This powerful Danish video gives a beautiful, moving perspective of the many stories people have, and the ways that we share in these stories.
This sweet video brings to light the hurt and confusing feelings that children with divorced parents experience. Even if a person's parents were divorced many years ago, this may help you understand what it was like for them as a child and how it may still be impacting them today.
The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert was written by a woman who was once a lesbian. She tells the story of how she came to know Christ and offers wonderful insights on how to love others well, particularly those who are different from us or outside our comfort zone.
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A Grief Observed offers a glimpse of the pain experienced when a person loses someone they love. This book is immensely helpful for those who are grieving for any reason and also for others to understand that pain. C.S. Lewis helps illuminate how a Christian can feel utterly broken and perhaps angry at God, yet remain in His redeeming grace.
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Care to Share a Resource?
If there are books, articles, videos etc. that have helped you in your journey or that have shown you how to love others well, and you would like to add them to this page, please contact me!