Category: Features

Features
Church Hurt: Surviving Spiritual and Emotional Trauma

Church hurt is real—but so is the hope of healing. In this powerful feature, Pastor Colette Toomer Cruz offers a compassionate guide to overcoming betrayal, rejection, and emotional pain within the church. If you’ve experienced spiritual wounds, this article leads you toward spiritual and emotional healing and shows that healing after trauma is possible through faith, truth, and God’s grace.

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Parents Rebuilding their Family and Co-Parenting with Grace
Rebuilding Family: Love, Legacy, and Co-Parenting with Grace

Explore the inspiring journey of rebuilding family after separation through faith and co-parenting with grace. Discover how love, forgiveness, and spiritual resilience can heal broken relationships and create lasting legacies. This heartfelt story shows that restoration is possible when God is at the center of family life.

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ENGAGED: From Underserved to Unstoppable

For Julia “CEO” Shannon, legacy isn’t a tagline — it’s lives transformed. The Global BuildUp Initiative (GBUI) is more than a program; it’s a proven model empowering underserved entrepreneurs and changemakers to bridge the gap between dreams and sustainable success. Now entering its second cohort, GBUI equips single moms, formerly incarcerated leaders, teen creatives, and more with tools, strategy, and genuine community. Rooted in shared equity and strategic partnerships, it’s where ecosystem meets execution — creating infrastructure, not just inspiration.