About DANA
When I was seven my mom did something profoundly wrong. In hind sight she probably told me to clean my room, but it propelled me into my calling. “That’s IT!” I yelled at my Chatty Kathy doll. “I’m going to write a book!” I promptly sat down at my plastic typewriter and typed out the best-selling book title, “Kids Have Rights Too.” That was all. Just the title. And I was pretty proud of that.
But that 7-year-old’s declaration served as a prophetic call to my inner soul. Though I got no further than the title, the dream of writing something profound and world-changing never left me.
As an adult, I turned to the church when I needed healing from childhood sexual abuse. They were there for me and I am so thankful. But while navigating a soul-ripping divorce, the church turned on me. I came face-to-face with well-intentioned, but judgmental “scriptural advice." Many comments started with, "Well, you know, God hates divorce." Then came the whispers and even a few cold shoulders. You see, I was the dutiful minister’s wife who never spoke about trials in my own marriage. I made sure the mess was covered with a smile and a scripture because ministry leadership is supposed to have the answers - not the problems. |
What people didn’t know is I was imploding from the weight of carrying pain. I was warned not to discuss our marriage troubles outside the family because it could harm our ministry future. It wasn’t until frightening stroke-like symptoms manifested that I woke up and said enough.
While crawling along the road to recovery, I noticed a plethora of Christian books on divorce; yet:
My friend, I’ve been broken just like you; but I refuse to stay broken. I refuse to stay in the confines of the typical mainstream church's anti-divorce box presented in book stores and the internet.
So, I chose to press my face like flint toward the sandstorm of divorce and find the Cross and my identity as His daughter in spite of what is represented in the average Christian community. It’s cheaper than Microdermabrasion and so much more powerful!
Please hear me. I’m not pointing the finger at one denomination, evangelical church or Christians. I’m just one in a sea of millions who felt the dizzying whiplash and judgment because I was too crushed to stay in a broken marriage.
If that is you too, you are not alone. I want to partner with you and show you that you are more than a divorce certificate. Your call and destiny are still waiting for you to step up, reach out and seize it!
While crawling along the road to recovery, I noticed a plethora of Christian books on divorce; yet:
- There was little on how to heal from divorce AND the judgment from your church peers or lay-church counselors.
- There was little to help me rebuild my identity as His “divorced” daughter.
- There were no proclamations that I was still useful to Him.
- And . . . no one told me I still had a destiny in the Kingdom of God or that my call still mattered to the Lord.
My friend, I’ve been broken just like you; but I refuse to stay broken. I refuse to stay in the confines of the typical mainstream church's anti-divorce box presented in book stores and the internet.
So, I chose to press my face like flint toward the sandstorm of divorce and find the Cross and my identity as His daughter in spite of what is represented in the average Christian community. It’s cheaper than Microdermabrasion and so much more powerful!
Please hear me. I’m not pointing the finger at one denomination, evangelical church or Christians. I’m just one in a sea of millions who felt the dizzying whiplash and judgment because I was too crushed to stay in a broken marriage.
If that is you too, you are not alone. I want to partner with you and show you that you are more than a divorce certificate. Your call and destiny are still waiting for you to step up, reach out and seize it!