In the weeks ahead, many of you will hear an incomplete version of the events surrounding Jesus’ birth. You’ll hear of the virgin birth in a Bethlehem stable, a legion of angels praising God, shepherds, and wise men. You won’t hear about Jesus being born Read More
The warfare against the wife who is reeling from sexual sin in her marriage is intense. The enemy comes at her heart from multiple angles. We hear many stories of wives who were ostracized, belittled, or spiritually abused by their church when they tried to Read More
It’s 2005 and a new guy has walked into our men’s group for recovery from porn/sex addiction in Colorado Springs. He’s dressed in army fatigues and boots. His hair is crew cut, short, salt and peppered. Posture is ramrod straight. His eyes are intense, with Read More
By Sandy England, facilitator of the Blazing Grace wives ministry During our 10 week Wife’s Heart Course, one of the toughest subjects that many wives want to talk about is “I want a godly Husband”. My first question to them is, “What is your idea Read More
Michelle and I have been married since 1989. Over the years we’ve pressed through plenty of trials, pain, sin, and mistakes. The first 10 years of our marriage I was a world class Christian jerk. I was messed up from abuse of the past, including Read More
You’re looking at a scan of my brain, taken in 2014. A normal brain is smooth. Those holes and crevices reveal improper blood flow and/or that my brain isn’t functioning properly. This improper function can cause racing thoughts, depression, anxiety, unwanted, intrusive thoughts, or other Read More
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” – John 14:27 Perhaps you can relate to this scenario. You go on Read More
This is the third of a three-part series on healing the heart. In part one we looked at bringing down the walls and barriers that block our healing. In part two we exposed the lies the enemy hides in the heart, broke those strongholds, and Read More
This is the second of a three-part series on healing the heart. In part one we looked at bringing down the walls and barriers that block our healing. Now we move into the heart. With nearly every man and woman I’ve worked with, regardless of Read More
This is the first of 3 articles on healing the heart. This first week we will look at that which keeps us from healing, particularly, the walls we build in our hearts. In the early 2000’s I led a men’s support group in Colorado Springs. Read More
Last week I wrote about reflections on Ravi Zacharias’s story. Ravi was an apologist and speaker with a worldwide ministry. After he died in 2020 it came out that he had been molesting female massage therapists and others for the 10 years prior to his Read More
It’s late at night. She rolls over and sees her husband is missing. She gets up, walks down the hall, and sees light emanating from the bottom of the door to their office room. She opens the door and walks in. He is bathed in Read More
“He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while.” For there were so many people coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat.” Mark 6:31 Rest is a critical part of the Christian Read More
Blazing Grace began in 2000; at the time it was just me leading a Christ and grace centered support group for men in Colorado Springs. In 2004 I put the Blazing Grace website up. Most of the original content was for men, with some added Read More
Many of you are familiar with our 8 week course for men who want to recover from porn addiction, and our 10 week course for wives to help women heal from porn and adultery in their marriage. In both courses, group participants are paired up Read More
Everything we do at Blazing Grace is about restoration, with an eye on helping people cultivate a vital, love relationship with God – especially when it comes to marriages. I’ve seen God take marriages that were close to divorce and resurrect them. No matter how Read More
A guy gets hooked on porn as an eight-year-old. In his twenties he meets the girl he will eventually marry. Doesn’t tell her about his secret habit. They get married. As the years go by his heart grows cold; laughter, joy, and their sex life Read More
Gaslighting: a tactic in which a person, in order to gain power, makes a victim question their sanity. Elizabeth Packard was born in Ware, Massachusetts, to Samuel Ware, a minister, and his wife Lucy. After graduation from school, at the urging of her parents, Elizabeth Read More
Judges 4 introduces us to Jael, the wife who brutally took down Sisera, the general of the enemy army. She remained calm in the face of an adversary who was a threat to her and her household. Ladies, you are Jael. The wife who is Read More
Our next Wife’s Heart Retreat will be held in Beulah, Colorado, Thursday May 20 through Sunday morning May 24. Our time together will include: * A safe place to share your story * Separating who you are from your husband’s sin. * Your identity as Read More
I have a treat for you today. In this video, Sandy England shares the story of her and her husband’s recovery from porn addiction and adultery. Sandy is the leader of our wives ministry; as you’ll see in the video, she shares from her heart. Read More
By Sandy England Wives Ministry Facilitator, Blazing Grace Recently, in one of our wives groups we started looking at the fact that our husband is not the real enemy. The responses from the other women were telling, and included: “What?? Then who is?” “My husband Read More
The Next Wife’s Heart Retreat Thursday February 20 – Sunday February 23, 2020 By Mike Genung June of last year, we had our first wives retreat here in the mountains of Beulah, Colorado. When the women arrived, all of them looked beaten up, worn out, Read More
What would you say is the key to breaking the stronghold of porn in the church? After spending most of the past 20 years in this ministry, I can say it is not groups, counseling, books, men, pastors, churches, conferences, nor is it me, Blazing Read More