Celebrate Recovery at Hope Tri-Cities

09/07/2026

Make sure to register for this amazing Broken Chains/Celebrate Recovery West Coast Rally!

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09/05/2026

I came across an old interview with Eric Clapton yesterday that I’d never seen before. It was from 1994. He was talking with journalist David Frost about the death of his four-year-old son, Conor.

At one point, he talked candidly about his instinct after the tragedy: to withdraw. To isolate. To retreat from the world. Even to engage in self-destructive behavior.

But he discovered another way.

“The healthiest thing for me to do, in actual fact, is the opposite of that, which is to produce something and share it with everybody. Face up to it, rather than run away from it.”

His music became a way of bringing his grief out of hiding.

That stopped me.

Pain makes us want to disappear. To close the door. To bleed privately. We assume we need to get ourselves together before we let anyone see us.

But sometimes the healthiest thing we can do with our pain is let it be seen. Because when one person has the courage to say, “This is where I’m bleeding,” someone else gets to say, “Me too.”

And that exchange reminds both people of something we’re prone to forget: We don’t bleed alone.

That’s one of the strange gifts of vulnerability. It doesn’t take the pain away. It doesn’t explain it. It doesn’t tie grief up with a theological bow.

It simply gives grief company.

Maybe healing doesn’t always happen by getting over what hurts.

Maybe it happens most deeply when what hurts recognizes it isn’t alone.

09/05/2026

Somebody reading this needs to hear this today:

You can love Jesus and still be struggling.

You can go to church and still have anxiety.
You can worship and still carry anger.
You can pray and still battle addiction.
You can love your family and still struggle with control.
You can have faith and still be carrying wounds from years ago.
You can look completely put together on the outside while falling apart inside.

That doesn’t make you a bad Christian.

It makes you human… and you don’t have to keep hiding.

Celebrate Recovery isn’t just for addiction.

It’s for hurts.
It’s for habits.
It’s for hang-ups.
It’s for the things we keep saying we’re “fine” about when we know we’re not.

There are Celebrate Recovery groups all over, filled with ordinary people learning how to stop hiding, start healing, and find freedom through Jesus Christ.

Maybe you’ve scrolled past these Celebrate Recovery posts a hundred times.

Maybe today you were supposed to stop.

❤️ You don’t have to be at rock bottom to reach for freedom.

09/04/2026

09/03/2026

Hey Ladies! 🌸

We are 1 WEEK AWAY from our quarterly women's event: Awaken!!

We are looking forward to all being together! Make sure it's on your calendar - Sep 10th @ 7:00pm.

We have your childcare covered!
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700 Comstock Street-Richland

09/03/2026

09/03/2026

Relationships can become idols in our lives.

Sometimes it isn't even the person we're idolizing. It's what we believe the relationship will give us the feeling of being chosen, wanted, loved, secure… or simply not alone.

There is nothing wrong with wanting to be loved or wanting someone to share life with. God created us for relationship and community.

But that desire can become an idol when wanting not to be alone becomes more important than being obedient to God.

When we want someone to choose us so badly that we ignore what God is showing us.

When we settle for something unhealthy because we're afraid God's best might require a season of being alone.

When we compromise our boundaries, convictions, peace, or even our relationship with God because losing the relationship feels more frightening than losing ourselves in it.

Sometimes the question isn't, “Do I love this person?”

Maybe the harder question is:

“Do I want this relationship more than I want God's best for me?”

Because obedience sometimes means trusting God enough to release what we desperately want to hold onto.

It means believing that being alone for a season is better than staying somewhere God is asking us to leave.

And maybe part of recovery is learning that I can deeply desire to be chosen without abandoning myself, or disobeying God in order to make someone choose me.

I don't want my fear of being alone to become greater than my faith in the God who knows what is best for me.That final thought feels especially connected to Expectation too—open hands instead of gripping something because you're afraid of what happens if you let it go.

God, I still want to be chosen. I still don't want to be alone. But I want You and what You have for me more.

Psalm 37:4–5 — “Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him…”