by Shannon Popkin | Mar 2, 2023 | Change, Deception, Gender and Sexuality, Humility, Pain, Perfectionism, Podcast 4, Rescue, Salvation, Sin, Teens
As a thirteen-year-old, Jessica innocently stumbled upon the world of pornography. She was lonely, and the porn chat rooms offered love and acceptance. And yet—similar to the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, pornography was not the harmless fruit Jessica...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 23, 2022 | Forgiveness, Gospel, Holidays, Hope, Jesus, Podcast 2, Rescue, Salvation, Sin
If you were invited to a special dinner party, where the honored guests gathering around the table are all friends of Jesus who will be participating in a symbolic reenactment of the most important day in the history of the world, would you go? What I’ve just...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 22, 2016 | Anxiety, Fear, Rescue, Uncategorized
By: Shannon Popkin, Published on the True Woman Blog. It was my senior year of college. I was sharing an apartment with three other student teachers, and since we were in Virginia and there was snow on the ground, school was closed. My roommates were all huddled...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 22, 2013 | Compassion, Rescue, Sin, Women
by: Heidi VriesmanI’m quickly approaching the second trimester of my pregnancy and have really enjoyed getting the babycenter.com updates in my inbox. The kids and I read them together and watch the video about how our baby is developing.The most recent...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 23, 2012 | God, Problems, Rescue, Roles
I’m a piano teacher. Every Monday evening I am blessed with amazing children who warm my piano bench and my heart at the same time.But my most challenging student doesn’t come to the bench on Monday nights. He comes whenever I think to call him between...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 18, 2012 | Pain, Problems, Rescue, Witness
My first waking thought this morning was, “Oh no. Was that my popping sound from my shoulder?” Sharp pain pinned me to the bed and I struggled to find a way to maneuver my body toward relief. As I got myself into a standing position, my upper body was...