Typhoons, Tarot Cards, and Trials
This is a story of a changed life, as told to Power to Change Ministries.
Born in Tokyo in the 1960's to Canadian missionary parents, I was sent away to a very strict boarding school at age five. I came home with welts and bruises but lied to my parents about how they happened. I felt abandoned. I planned how... >Read More
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Beyond Sadness
I don't remember many details of my early childhood, before I turned five. Just a sense of sadness about those years–a sadness that I didn't want.
A sad childhood
My biological father was a gambler and many times our furniture or our car were lost in a bet. When I was three- my brother only five months old- my father left... >Read More
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Your Services Are No Longer Required
One morning, I was called into my supervisor's office. Like many in the '90s, I was told my services were no longer required.
They call it corporate restructuring. My 25-year career at the local hospital ended in a split second. I was devastated, stunned, shocked. This must be some kind of mistake, I thought. I was good at my job.
I... >Read More
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When Parents Break Your Heart
I was sleeping on the couch. At least they thought I was sleeping. My parents, both drunk, were having a fight. My father pushed my mother with enough force that she broke her pelvis and ended up in the hospital. This was one of many crazy memories of that I have of my family. Even to this day some... >Read More
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How Can I Have Faith After Losing My Son? I was angry at God
I have never been a big fan of the "paste a smile on and pretend it's okay" club.
In my case it was months after my son, Noah's, death that I began to feel angry. I had to return to work and the crushing unfairness of it all began to sink in. I used to think that people of true... >Read More
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Christie Hoos,
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Mother’s Day…When Roses Don’t Come
It was Sunday morning, Mother’s Day, and I was greeting women at the back of the church. First one took my hand and blinked back a tear as she told me how hard this day is for her. She never could have a baby of her own.
Another hugged me and thanked me for praying for those who hurt on... >Read More
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How I Got a Life
I grew up in Sacramento, California in a family of five. We went to church, but I found it boring and irrelevant to my life and family. When I was a teenager, my parents divorced and I deeply felt the loss of a father figure in my life. I had no use for religion at the time and found... >Read More
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Through Anxiety: A Path of Healing
How do we make sense of the chapters of our lives we'd... >more
My Life as a London Model
At the age of 17, I won a national modeling competition in... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)