Radio Interview Today on KBRT 740am

I wanted to let you all know that I will be on KBRT 740.am today, talking about the work of WifeBoat while my husband is guest hosting for Rich Bueler's show, "Talk from the Heart". If anyone wants to listen, it’s on at KBRT AM 740 3:00-5:00pm PST. You can also listen live online at http://www.kbrt740.com/ if you go to the site at that time. Thanks to everyone for keeping the show in prayer, and please continue to pray for Rich, who is ill with a cancer diagnosis, and his family. Thanks so much! Renee Continue Reading

Talk. Support. Relief.

Join me for our next WifeBoat Online Support Group May 18th-August 10th   Hear more about WifeBoat on Renee's interview on Midday Connection with Anita Lustrea and Melinda Schmidt on Moody Radio I've had many women ask me how they could possibly cope after finding out the devastating news that their husband had been using pornography, having an affair or feeling homosexual attractions.  These grieving wives have often felt there was no place to turn to talk safely and openly about what they were dealing with.  Family, friends, and career Continue Reading

Tiger Woods: Life In Rehab

I came across this interview on ESPN's SportsCenter with writer Benoit Denizet-Lewis regarding Tiger Wood's rehab stay--what it's like in rehab for sexual addiction?   A brief disclaimer: this interview speculates that Tiger Woods is in a particular clinic, and this should not be considered an endorsement of any kind. And I do want us to respect Tiger's privacy.   For those of you who may unfamiliar with the process, I did think it was informative and sheds light on the process of "getting real" with it that an addict with a life dominating Continue Reading

Gayle Haggard Discusses Book on Oprah

Three years ago, Gayle Haggard learned of her husband Ted’s secret liaisons and drug use.  This week she explained why she stayed with him during an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show. Her book, Why I Stayed: The Choices I Made in My Darkest Hour was released this week. Gayle received a warmer welcome from Oprah than she did the last time she and Ted appeared in January of 2009.  At that time, the documentary  The Trials of Ted Haggard was debuting on HBO, and with the scandal still fresh, Oprah approached the interview with visible Continue Reading

Personal Worship and Healing

“Oh, there is in contemplating Christ, a balm for every wound;  in musing on the Father, there is a quietous for every grief;  and in the influence of the Holy Ghost, there is a balsam for every sore...   I know nothing which can so comfort      the soul... as a devout musing upon the subject of the Godhead”.  --Charles Spurgeon I learned this during the time I worked through the pain of my first husband’s betrayal: personal worship leads to healing.  At first I was so numb; the jarring realization of what had happened left me wounded, Continue Reading