Author Archives: Suzie

Writer, author, columnist, speaker, but also mom, wife, adventurer, breast cancer survivor, child of God, and Suzie.

Thank you, D.

 
 
Darrin was introduced to porn by a youth pastor, and later became addicted. He also lived in a home that was complex–religious to everyone on the outside world, but physically and emotionally abusive behind closed doors.
Faith was all mixed up for Darrin.

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Culture Shift

I’ve been asking a question on my ministry site for teens:
What can one teen do?
It’s a powerful question, and I’m in awe of the teens who have answered that question. One teen started a community clothes closet for teens in foster care. Another raised funds to dig a well in Africa. One made carts for the […]

The Harvest Show

Today I am out of state, visiting the beautiful city of South Bend, Indiana to interview live on the Harvest Show. I hope you will tune in to this program that reaches 46 million homes in North America as I talk about helping teens “make their faith real”.
I’ll share more later on this post about […]

Sweet, Sweet Nothing

It’s Friday, but I’m already looking forward to my Sunday afternoon nap! Do you know what I mean?

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ElastiMom

Shh. I want to let you in on a secret: I love Pixar movies. Toy Story. Monster, Inc. Shrek! Ratatoullie
This weekend I will pose as one of the characters in one of my favorite Pixar movies, The Incredibles. I will be ElastiGirl!
In The Incredibles, ElastiGirl is the mother who can stretch like elastic, catupulting her arms to embrace […]

Slam, Bam, You’re Getting Older, Ma’am

 
We changed banks last week. The fact that we moved six months ago and are just now changing is another topic for another day. But as we sat in the young banker’s office (he just graduated from college), he handed me a pamphlet.
“You’ll get free checks with this account. In fact, there are a lot […]

It’s 3:27 a.m. and I’m wide awake

It all started when I almost killed my mom. . . (accidentally)

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