Writing by Lainey La Shay
Books
More Than a Survivor: A Devotional Journal for Those Healing from Trauma & Abuse
This devotional journal for survivors of trauma and abuse is the perfect place to find support, pen thoughts, find encouragement, and express emotions. The journal includes bite-sized reading filled with insight, letting the reader know they are not alone. Also included is a dot journal, coloring pages, and encouraging quotes to cling to as they navigate the difficult road to healing.
Inspire Creativity
If you struggle with acknowledging your creative gifts as God-given, and then putting them “out there” for others to enjoy, or if you think that offering your work to the world is exalting yourself, or if you shy away from risk or uncertainty, then this collection of essays is for you.
Lainey La Shay’s short story “Explosive Creativity,” which compares the creative process to an erupting volcano, is included in this inspiring anthology.
Inspire Honor
Honor is a complex and nuanced concept. The Bible is saturated with exhortations to honor those around us, including our parents, friends, family, ourselves, those in leadership, and, most importantly, God.
Many people worry that honor is a disappearing character trait … that we’ve lost the art of thinking of others in the way we have been biblically instructed. But have we?
This anthology is a collection of stories, poems, and pieces of nonfiction which exemplify the different forms honor takes, and the different ways it impacts, or could impact, our lives.
We hope their words encourage you, bless you, and reignite the desire to demonstrate the Christ-like character trait of honor.
Lainey La Shay’s short story “Climbing Toward Honor” is included in this inspiring anthology. This personal story details her mother’s journey toward climbing her first fourteener, and how her family rallied around her to reach the peak.
Inspire Courage
Articles
Beauty in the Brokenness: How God Restores Our Hearts
What You Need to Know About Domestic Violence and Abuse
Should I Stay in My Abusive Marriage for the Kids?
Dating Violence: Know the Signs
Step Up, Speak Up: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
How Do I Know If My Child Has Mental Health Issues?
Warning Signs and Risk Factors of Childhood Suicide
10 Things to Know About Bullying and Cyberbullying
You Are (Not) Enough: Finding Self-Worth in Christ
Travel Writing
Let It Flow (on Intrepid Times)
Podcast Episodes
Step Into The Light with Patti Shene
The Latest From the Blog
Teen Dating Violence Awareness
Teen dating violence is far more common than we realize, and our ideas of what healthy relationships do or don't look like often start at young ages. I've written this article with the heart of sharing what teen dating violence can look like, how to spot the warning...
Where Are You, Christmas?
Where are you Christmas? Why can't I find you? Why have you gone away? Where is the laughter you used to bring me? Why can't I hear music play? My world is changing, I'm rearranging, Does that mean Christmas changes too? Where are you Christmas? Do you remember...
You Look At Me: A Lesson from The Hobbit
Growing up, I read J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, until the spine had cracked and the pages were falling out. In 2012, Peter Jackson released a three-part movie based on the novel. Of all the scenes in those movies, however, one stood...
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