This is a transcript of a testimony given at re:generation, a 12-step recovery program. It’s longer than our usual stories, so we’ve provided an audio version. Whether you read or listen, the illustrations shown below will be helpful! My name is Amanda. I have a new life in Christ and I’m recovering from control, perfectionism, …
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Phoebe Grant Shame was one of the first consequences for sin. One we were never meant to experience. I knew shame. And I knew it well. In high school, I struggled a lot with depression. It overwhelmed me at all hours of the day and night. I didn’t tell anyone of this depression because I felt …
Genie Lopez I’m the youngest child of two full-time, ministry-serving parents. My siblings and I teased each other a lot growing up, so I didn’t cringe much at my nickname, “the accident.” I’d even smile when letting others in on our sad inside joke – I was not supposed to exist. My parents’ lives and home …
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Nick Buccola My story of redemption began in March 2014 when I reached my rock bottom. I did something I never thought I was capable of doing. But my way to rock bottom wasn’t by jumping off a cliff and hitting it hard. It was a long, slow road that gradually went deeper and darker, …
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