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Shelli Owen

Oct 11, 2023

Suicidal Depression

“From my youth I have suffered and been close to death... darkness is my closest friend” (Ps. 88:15-18). After Mack[*] broke things off,...

Shelli Owen

Sep 18, 2023

The Biggest Breakup

“...You, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.” (Psalm 86:17) I didn’t think anything could hurt so much. Never in my life had I...

Shelli Owen

Jun 30, 2023

Boyfriends and Dating: the beginning of my career

“Even small children are known by their actions, so is their conduct really pure and upright?” (Proverbs 20:11) NOTE: Again, names have...

Shelli Owen

Jun 9, 2023

Church “Friends” and Trust

“If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide. But it is you, a [person] like myself,...

Shelli Owen

May 26, 2023

Family Excursions

“The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.” ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay Is the above...

Shelli Owen

Mar 31, 2023

School and Riding the Bus

Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time....

Shelli Owen

Mar 18, 2022

To Have a Friend

“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother” (Proverbs 18:24). By...