Author Archives: Next Step

Team Lead. Sister. Friend. These are all in the job description when it comes to being a live-in here at Next Step Ministries. The housing part of our program is crucial in teaching the women how to build ordinary moments into their lives, and how to pick up the necessary life skills to flourish onceContinue reading “Live-In (Urban Missionary)”

Trigger Warning: This article contains references to pornography, sex trafficking, sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors. 115 million. That’s the average number of visitors that the world’s largest pornography site has each day. In 2019 Pornhub had over 42 billion visitors, that’s more than Facebook, Twitter, and Netflix combined. It’s impossibleContinue reading “Trafficking Hub”

I had lunch next to a pimp. I had been in anti-trafficking meetings all day with local organizations I partner with and hadn’t eaten a full meal all day (sorry mom). I was planning to shop until I met some friends in the area later that night, but I decided to stop at a restaurant nearbyContinue reading “I Had Lunch Next to a Pimp”

If a picture tells a thousand words, then a video must tell tens of thousands of words. We are living in a hyper-visual world, and the images that we see every day can build us up, or they can demoralize and tear us down. The media that we weave into our lives can be a catalystContinue reading “Not for Kids”

This is the second part in a three part series called Standing Up For Her Means Saying “No” to Porn, where we’re going to talk about the effects consuming pornography can have on a person. In the first part we addressed the issue of porn and the changes it is making to our society andContinue reading “Porn and Relationships”