Karri Siebert

“In order to forgive we must first believe that someone has wronged us but we cannot forgive as long as we remain wrapped up in our pain and outrage. The gateway to forgiving is being able to experience empathy for those who have done us harm, and you cannot truly forgive if you cannot develop empathy for those who harmed you.”
― R. Glenn Ball, Let Us Prey: The Plague of Narcissist Pastors and What We Can Do About It

“I don’t believe it is wise or truthful to the power of the gospel to identify oneself by the sins of one’s past or the temptations of one’s present but rather to only be defined by the Christ who’s overcome both for those He calls His own.”
― Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been

“Satan wants nothing more than to let our fear of who we were keep us from becoming who God wants us to be.”
― Melanie Shankle, Everyday Holy: Finding a Big God in the Little Moments

“Narcissism is typified by an exaggerated sense of self-importance and power, rigidity, the inability to admit error, a sense of personal greatness, the use of power to manipulate and control others, an inability to feel or express remorse, and a lack of empathy for others.”
― R. Glenn Ball, Let Us Prey: The Plague of Narcissist Pastors and What We Can Do About It