by Tiffany Bluhm | Apr 9, 2018 | Heart and Soul
How do you plan on running through this life? Feeling guilty? Full of shame? Or free? Free to carry your cross. Jesus gives us an example of how to run with endurance in this life. For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross and despised the shame. It’s important...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Apr 1, 2018 | Adoption, Heart and Soul
Twenty years ago, I met Ruby. I was ten years old when she spotted me sitting under a tree in the summer heat of St. Louis at a gathering of adopted children from India. Alone with my thoughts in the shade, I was overwhelmed by meeting other children who looked like...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Mar 21, 2018 | Heart and Soul
Some time ago, I scrolled through my social media feed and stumbled upon a video of a woman in court accepting her fate as the judge read a list detailing her unpaid parking tickets. Tears streamed down the convicted woman’s face as the judge asked questions...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Mar 9, 2018 | Heart and Soul
In my own life, I have grappled for the truth but unintentionally settled for a lie and shame. I struggled to believe I was lovable in my most vulnerable moment: infancy. If I wasn’t worthy of keeping, surely I wasn’t worthy of loving. This lie of my life kept me from...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Feb 25, 2018 | Heart and Soul
Shame seems to be hard-wired in all of us. At times it appears as though we can’t escape shame, and it gets the best of us. It attempts to dictate who we are and what we’re worth. It mares the soul. We often see others through our shame, and it’s our shame that has a...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Feb 15, 2018 | Heart and Soul
Do you ever whisper to yourself, “I just want to be loved?” I certainly have. In our deepest selves—where we are fragile, vulnerable, and tender—we all hope someone will pursue us just as we are. Not fancy or cleaned up; not prim and proper. Just us. In...
