
“I am not inherently evil.” Once the revelation escaped my lips, my tears began to fall. It felt like I had set a bomb off inside the house of Pam and loosed every nail that had ever been pounded in and cracked the foundation beyond repair. I had never registered the choke hold the ‘inherently…

Why is my friend Brooke going to hell? This question kept me up at night when I was 10 years old. I clearly recall laying in the dark of my bedroom and ruminating about the answer. Why would Brooke be going to hell? She was a very nice person and a good playmate to me.…