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Aloha Friends, Do you know how empowering purpose is when discipling young people? At the recent Brave and Bold event, Nancy Vuu, a renowned fashion designer, shared her powerful revelation and parenting practice. She titled it the Garment of Grace: Weaving Stronger and More Impactful Bonds with your Teen . Her goal was to help parents shift from being a “Manager of rules” to an “Architect of Trust” by partnering with God and their child to reveal identity and purpose. The fi

Aloha Friends, Have we been doing confession wrong? Pastors John and Rhonda Cabello of New Hope Collective, Kaua’i showed up to the Brave & Bold One-Night event with a powerful testimony and teaching. Pastor John shared something on confession that I have never heard. He said that, “confession isn’t just admitting the sin, it is agreeing with God about the sin”. I was so inspired that I did a short study and wanted to share it with you. In the Bible, the word for “confess” (h

Aloha Friends, What would you be willing to lay your life down for? Michele recently received serious interest to bring The Brave Series to a country in South America where the international sex trade is very active. While this news is exciting, it also reminded me of a powerful word the Lord gave Michele over 10 years ago. During worship time, while at a conference in California, the Lord spoke to Michele clearly in her mind, "Are you willing to die for the movement? It wil

Aloha Friends, Over the past six weeks, we’ve taken a journey together, looking beyond pornography itself and into the hidden roots that keep so many young people stuck. Along the way, we’ve uncovered how: Emotional avoidance teaches them to numb instead of bringing their feelings to God. Loneliness and attachment hunger lead them toward false intimacy instead of real connection. Shame and low self-worth drive them into secrecy instead of safety in Christ. Compulsion and lack

Aloha Friends, Over the last few weeks, we’ve uncovered some of the hidden roots that drive young people toward pornography: emotional avoidance, loneliness, shame, compulsion, and trauma. Today, we come to the final one: control and escape. For many youth, pornography becomes a way to feel in control - “I choose when I feel good.” For others, it’s an escape hatch - “I’ll disappear from my pain, even if just for a moment.” But both are built on lies: “I’m safer when I’m in ch

Aloha Friends, This is our second-to-last email in this series, addressing possible roots of porn addiction and reminding us that...

Aloha Friends, Compulsion isn’t a character flaw—it’s a symptom of disconnection from God. Behind every late-night click or compulsive...

Aloha Friends,  It starts with one click. One moment of curiosity, boredom, or pain relief… and a young person is exposed to...

Dear Friends, We live in the most connected generation in history—yet many young people have never felt more alone. Beneath the surface...

Dear Friends, We are raising a generation taught to scroll past pain. In a world wired for instant gratification, teens and young adults...

Dear Friend, If you’ve made it through this series, I want to say this from my heart: thank you. Thank you for leaning in when it would...

Dear Friends, Last week, we talked about the "protective pride" that often forms around wounded identities. We explored how behavior is...

I remember the incident as if it happened just yesterday. There I was, adorned in a beautiful white gown Mom had sewn for my Senior Prom....

Hey Friends, Practical Ways to Teach Thought Distancing 1. Use "Name the Thought" Language Teach your child to identify what they’re...

Aloha Friends, We live in a world where feelings are often treated as truth. Children are encouraged to “speak their truth,” “follow...

Dear Friend, There are people sitting in our churches every week carrying invisible wounds. Some are children. Some are teens. Many are...

Dear Friend, Have you ever had that gut feeling that something wasn’t right? Maybe a child’s behavior suddenly changed. Maybe you noticed...

Hey friends! God’s design for male and female isn’t a limitation—it’s a masterpiece. In a world that blurs identity, we’re not here to...

Aloha Friends! We promised some activity ideas you can do with your children to help celebrate and affirm God's design for boys and...

Aloha Friends, It's easy to get caught up with the current culture when it comes to identity and we can hyper-focus on all that is wrong....