We are created to belong. Belonging is not something we earn, learn, or achieve. It is woven into us by design. We are made for union with the Lord, and we are made for relationship within a family. Belonging is meant to be the place we live from, not something we spend our lives searching for. And yet, for many of us, that place of belonging was not experienced as secure or consistent. Love may have been present, but conditional. Connection may have existed, but fragile. Acc

Control-Based Love (When “Care” Comes With a Leash) “I love you—so let me decide what’s best.” Many of us have heard that line (or...

Some of us learned a kind of “care” that came with a leash. It sounded like safety, looked like unity, and promised growth— if  we...