LINK TO WATCH LIVE AT 7PM EST/6 PM CST Yesterday there was a 300+ page report that came out documenting the failings, cover-ups and pure evil that disguised itself as the underbelly of the world’s … Read More
Practicing Trauma Recovery and Replanting My Feet
In 2017, I never thought I’d be back in the writing world. I “retired” and went into nursing school and closed down this blog and my public social media. I began that goodbye saying, “This … Read More
Practical Steps You Can Take to Heal from Trauma and PTSD
As we get closer to the release of Healing Together: A Guide for Helping Sexual Abuse Survivors, I thought I’d share some practical steps I’ve found to be helpful as I’ve spent the last year … Read More
Zondervan/HarperCollins is Publishing Healing Together!
Once upon a time not too long ago, I gave up writing books. I even cursed the industry I used to work in. Never. Ever. Again. I started pursuing a career in nursing. Our daughter … Read More
Anne Marie Miller’s Victim Impact Statement after Guilty Plea from Mark Aderholt and Other Women Come Forward
This morning, I had the opportunity to do something I never thought I would be able to do, emotionally or logistically: tell Mark Aderholt how the sexual abuse he inflicted on me as a teenager … Read More
Abuse of Faith Article Part 4, Abused by Missionaries
Today, the Houston Chronicle released the fourth part of their Abuse of Faith series, this one titled Abused by Missionaries. My story is included, including a darn powerful video done by Jon Shapely. We went … Read More
A Note to Some Folks: Mark Aderholt Lied to You
I’ve been debating writing this post for some time. As news of Mark Aderholt’s resignation and subsequent arrest became public last year, I received emails (and a phone call or two) from people who knew … Read More
NPR’s Morning Edition Covers Southern Baptist Sex Abuse
If you haven’t yet read the Houston Chronicle’s “Abuse of Faith” series covering decades of sexual abuse and inaction within the Southern Baptist Convention’s churches and other SBC organizations, I encourage you to read them … Read More
On Life, School, Career, Writing, Faith and the Future (AKA I’m not Abraham and if God is God and Time Will Tell).
There’s this thing happening on social media where you compare pictures of the present to pictures from ten years ago. So much of the revival of this site has been focused on my #MeToo #ChurchToo … Read More