Support To Write Love on Her Arms! Give hope, and become part of the love movement.

I am raising money for To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA), a group dedicated to helping people who struggle with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. And I need your help. Please join the cause, and give hope to those who struggle in a broken world.

Since I have been going through difficulties in my own life, I have been opened up to a world of people - teenagers especially - who don't know what to do when they encounter difficult situations and trouble and pain. So they harm themselves, forsake hope, and give up their lives. God put a burden on my heart to reach out to these people, to give hope and love and life.

I love these words from the TWLOHA vision:

You were created to love and be loved. You were meant to live life in relationship with other people, to know and be known. You need to know that your story is important and that you're part of a bigger story. You need to know that your life matters.

We live in a difficult world, a broken world. My friend Byron is very smart - he says that life is hard for most people most of the time. We believe that everyone can relate to pain, that all of us live with questions, and all of us get stuck in moments. You need to know that you're not alone in the places you feel stuck.

We all wake to the human condition. We wake to mystery and beauty but also to tragedy and loss. Millions of people live with problems of pain. Millions of homes are filled with questions – moments and seasons and cycles that come as thieves and aim to stay. We know that pain is very real. It is our privilege to suggest that hope is real, and that help is real.

I want to make a difference, and I hope you will as well.

To learn more about the love movement, read the TWLOHA mission statement.
Find out how you can help spread the word and give support here.