WGA blog

This Saturday (September 22nd), WGA is hosting a FUNdraiser to help fund all of the various services and programs that we offer. We are having a Story Slam (think poetry slam, but with stories). We are expecting a fun night, hearing from 6 different story tellers who...

A friend of mine writes young adult novels. I once asked her what was different about writing to adolescents than adults. She said to me, we all experience the ups and downs of life growing up and getting older. Yet for teenagers, they are feeling all these joys and...

In my last two blogs, I introduced the sexual addiction cycle from Patrick Carnes, as shared in his book Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction. I shared about the first part of the addiction cycle, called preoccupation and some helpful things to consider...

When my kids were little, one of the TV  shows we all enjoyed together was Hee Haw.  Laughing together was good medicine for what ailed us—and a lot ailed us during those years.  I was just four months into a new marriage, when we got custody of my husband’s four...

In my last blog I described what it was like growing up struggling with issues around gender and sexual identity. What is still heartbreaking to me about this is I was navigating these complex issues mostly on my own. I was too fearful about what would happen if I...

Q-- Who is our enemy? A--Principalities and Powers of the Dark World. Job 1:6 - and Satan also came with them part of God's creation, fallen angel, apparently Satan has access to God's presence Eph 6:12 - we do not fight against flesh and blood, but against the powers...

Growing Up Gender Dysphoric and Gay I was already at a disadvantage from the word “go” growing up. I began struggling with confusion about my gender around age 5. It started off in small ways. I wasn’t rough and tumble like the other boys, but more emotional and...

Mark Galli’s article in Christianity Today last September asks, “Whatever Became of Repentance?” The article is well worth reading, and it is so relevant to the WGA mission.  I want to highlight and comment on a few of Galli’s comments. MG (Mark Galli):  “… the...