Will shame stop exploitation?
Before kids and the busyness of life, I enjoyed watching Dateline. The stories caught my attention. But there was a specific set of episodes that haunted me. A week after my confession of my secrets, the first episode of Dateline’s To Catch a Predator aired in November 2004. I was intrigued and horrified. Men seeking... Read More
Free Indeed
I never knew that something that merely peaked my curiosity at the age of twelve, would turn into years of relentless shame and secrecy. Over the course of four years pornography had consumed more of my life than I ever intended to give it. I vividly remember one of my most desperate prayers to God... Read More
One Decision/One Choice
It came to one choice: Do I give up my marriage, my sons, my family, my job, my church, my friends and my reputation or do I give up on God? I had to choose one or the other. My life brought me to this point. The secrets I had accumulated from years of viewing... Read More
“I Made It” – Tribute to Terry Turner
Monday of last week, Terry’s text to his group was “I made it.” Terry was not feeling well when he arrived to lead our Monday night group. With his co-leader, they decided Terry should go home half way through the group. To the surprise of everyone involved with Changing Lanes, this would be the last... Read More
Refilled and Refreshed
I want to introduce Kara Pinneo. Kara is one of the newest members to Changing Lanes and is one of the founders of our CL Women program launching in early next year. Kara joined our team last week at the AACC 2017 World Conference in Nashville and God met her on the trip. Enjoy Kara’s... Read More
Can I really change? One guaranteed way inside
Do you know anyone who has hit rock bottom and has been completely changed? Ever wonder why they are so different? Are you desiring the change you see in their life, but don’t want to go through the pain they went through to experience the changed life? We all are seeking the best life possible.... Read More
REFUGE IN THE STORM
During a recent quiet time, I was struck by a single sentence in my reading. In Psalms 11:1, it says “In the Lord I take refuge.” This one sentence caused me to stop and question the idea of refuge. I looked up the definition of refuge and it said refuge is “a place or state... Read More
Heard of the After School app? After reading this, you will be sharing this info
Earlier this week I read an article in the Washington Post about millions of teens using an app to post anonymously. The headline caught my eye and what I found shocked me. The app mentioned in the article is called After School. After School is an app in the iTunes App Store and Android’s Google... Read More
Their kid’s phone was safe until they found these apps…
The days of putting a filter or blocking software on our kids computers and trusting the software to do the work of protecting the device are gone. Don’t get me wrong, there is a place for software like x3 Watch, Covenant Eyes, and other types of blocking/accountability software. But the idea of adding the software... Read More
Help! What do I do now that Ashley Madison has been hacked?
To all of my fellow men who have found themselves exposed and lives devastated by the hacking of the Ashley Madison website, I’ve been in the same place of desiring a relationship outside of marriage. For me, in the days before Ashley Madison, I spent lots of time and money on a website trying to... Read More