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Open Heart Surgery
“If you know, you know. If you don't, you don’t ever want to have to come to know what I’ve learned and had to face in the past year.”
Jill Riley
Mar 273 min read


The Boomerang Effect
A question I often get when I perform Common Ground is, “I know we need to reconcile our relationships, but what if we can't?"

Jill Riley
Mar 64 min read


The Alternative
This choice of remaining blind had me rebelliously walking in the cursed consequences of the alternative to God’s ways.

Jill Riley
Feb 284 min read


The Internal Struggle
I can feel my face burning… now my ears. It’s slowly crawling down my neck, into my upper chest, and then, like crawling hot lava, it’s ...

Jill Riley
Feb 203 min read


The War Over Friendship
In a recent interview, I was asked if I was concerned that people would perceive this as my "divorce record." (Read more)

Jill Riley
Feb 133 min read


Be There For Her
If a friend is in trouble, you can help her stay on course, keep her position or place in life, and keep her in a condition of peace

Jill Riley
Feb 64 min read


D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
A few days ago, I signed a document that I am not at all in agreement with, specifically the language used within the legal document.

Jill Riley
Jan 273 min read


“Will McFarlane and Those Guys”
With all that disclaimer out of the way, I’m now going to shamelessly gurm the crap out of a well known guitar player named, Will McFarlane.

Jill Riley
Dec 12, 20246 min read


The Room
So, I found myself sitting with my guitar in hand in the big middle of this iconic room...

Jill Riley
Dec 5, 20243 min read


The Singing River
My last album was all about reconciling relationships and mending divisions. One of the main responses I got from that album ...

Jill Riley
Nov 27, 20243 min read


Girl with a ... Guitar
It was pretty much every relationship I had. It was relationships, period! I suck at them! It was all suffering, and I do mean suffering!

Jill Riley
Nov 18, 20243 min read


Cowgirl Interrupted
I’m going to do my best to summarize my conclusions in this last blog of the blog series, In Christ, Alone. My thoughts say: “I know my...

Jill Riley
Sep 26, 20245 min read


SHAME! The Ugly Truth
I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE SAID, "LET ME GRACE YOU WITH MY HOLY PRESENCE AND HELP YOU OUT HERE." UGH! THAT'S JUST REAL, AND REALLY EMBARRASSING.

Jill Riley
Sep 19, 20243 min read


My Mother Tried to Tell Me!
YOU SIMPLY SAY NO TO THE TAP ROOT OF CODEPENDENCY. AND THIS IS ME SAYING NO…

Jill Riley
Sep 12, 20243 min read


My Counselor and Diagnosis
CODEPENDENCY IS NOT THE NOBLE WORK OF A COMPASSIONATE PERSON... IN FACT, IT IS A DESTROYER!

Jill Riley
Sep 5, 20243 min read


The Death of a Dream
IF I HAVE NOT LEARNED TO LOVE, I AM NOTHING.

Jill Riley
Aug 29, 20242 min read


Anything But Common Ground
I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, NEED YOU TO BE HONEST WITH ME THROUGH THIS. DON’T HOLD BACK.

Jill Riley
Aug 22, 20242 min read


How Are You Experiencing Me?
BUT I KNEW I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY STOP THAT, AND TURN THE WEEPING TO GOD, AND GET REAL ENOUGH WITH MYSELF TO HONESTELY ASK HIM...

Jill Riley
Aug 15, 20242 min read


The Day My Music Died
"I SAW MENTAL ILLNESS AND NARCISSISM IN JILL, AND I AM CONCERNED SHE'S GOING TO DESTROY YOU, STAN."

Jill Riley
Aug 8, 20242 min read


I Went Silent
...AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT STOPPED ME IN MY TRACKS AND RENDERED ME COMPLETELY SILENT, UNTIL NOW.

Jill Riley
Aug 1, 20241 min read
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