My Testimony: How Jesus saved me from a cult and from my sins

May 22, 2021.Reading time 11 minutes.

A Picture of me from the video; I'm wearing a white blouse and in the background is a painting of a mountain. Words overlaying the picture say, "My testimony".

This is my testimony of how Jesus saved me from a cult, my sins and how Jesus changed me forever.

I started a Youtube Channel

May 14, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Picture of me holding a mug, I'm wearing a black shirt and am smiling brightly at the camera. The image has the words overlaid, "Welcome to my Youtube channel".

The other day I was thinking about how my blog and social media has shifted over the years since I started and I asked myself, what is my focus? I wrote a memoir about leaving a cult and now I’m writing a devotional book for people who struggle with anxiety or depression. Do those things […]

I will speak the truth

April 29, 2021.Reading time 11 minutes.

Illustrated picture by Charity Wottrich depicting a time that she had a panic attack after some particularly hard pushback in light of her upcoming book release.

In this blog post I reflect on writing my first book, “Where the Willow Weeps”, my story growing up in the cult of Branhamism (otherwise known as The Message) and how I found freedom in Christ. In this post I talk about some of the backlash I got in response to my memoir and my motivation for writing it in the first place.

Stop Skipping Sabbath Rest

September 2, 2020.Reading time 12 minutes.

I’ve been convicted periodically the past couple of years about sabbath rest, and how I don’t take it or seek it out. Yes, that’s right, this post is as much for me as it is for you. I’ve found my tendency to run to things of this world, my art, my writing, a TV show, […]

Surrendering to God When I didn’t Trust Him Yet

August 12, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

In this blog post I wanted to share a small part of my testimony, surrendering to God when I wasn’t sure I could trust Him. I’ve been especially thankful lately for how He’s transformed me by His grace; how He’s changed me since I left the cult and especially the past couple of years. It […]

A Covid-19 Wedding Day

May 9, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

We were supposed to get married on Memorial Day, May 25th, but because of this pandemic we had to make the difficult decision to postpone our big wedding celebration. This was hard for both of us… it didn’t seem fair to me. Something like an extravagant (or on a budget) wedding felt like a society […]

Is This The End of the World?

April 22, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

It is not everyday that a pandemic interrupts what we call normal. It is not everyday that people wear masks and hide in their homes. Not everyday that the economy collapses. It’s not everyday that you worry if you or someone you love might get a deadly disease. Yet that seems to be […]

In the World but Not of It

April 3, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

The phrase ‘in the world but not of it’ is a catch phrase in a lot of Christian cultures, but what should this Christian catchphrase actually look like in practice? John 17:14-16 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I […]

We’re Getting Married

March 21, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

On October 26th, my boyfriend proposed to me, and I said yes! We’re getting married on May 25th. My last blog post was a full 6 months ago, in August of this past year. Since then, so much has happened. Apart from getting engaged to the love of my life (who I call Wott) I’ve […]

My Top 25 Favorite Books

August 19, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

My Top 25 Favorite Books This space is to share my FAVORITE books. I have divided the books into 5 categories. Christian living Discovering Christianity Self help Business Memoir Christian Living The Bible (if that wasn’t obvious) Specifically, I got this Bible last year and love the space for taking notes in the margins. Called […]