Counseling What Forgiveness Isn’t 4 Jun 2019 Forgiveness is such a difficult concept to grasp and to practice. On the one hand, as selfish people, we tend to believe our rights trump all others, and when offended…
Anger 7 Tests of Righteous Anger (Part 3): Right Response 30 May 2019 Anger is a strong emotion. In the moment of its intensity it can be hard to focus and to properly direct our anger. When we use the emotional energy of…
Depression The Bible and Depression: Endurance 24 May 2019 Depression is always suffering, but its causes may vary. In this series we have explored several common causes already. Some depression arises from our own bitterness, others from our negative…
Anger… 7 Tests of Righteous Anger (Part 2): Right Trigger 22 May 2019 One of the most important test for evaluating our anger is to ask the question: am I angry about the right things? We must assess all sorts of things about…
Depression The Bible and Depression: Self-Talk 16 May 2019 It has often been said that the person you listen to the most is yourself. So, what are you hearing? We all have specific themes that dominate the narrative or…
Counseling 7 Tests of Righteous Anger (Part 1) 14 May 2019 Anger, like all emotions, can be good or bad depending on what we are responding to and how we are expressing it. Christians have sometimes had a view of the…
Books A Review of “Untangling Emotions” by Alasdair Groves and Winston Smith 13 May 2019 Emotions are some of the most powerful influencers in existence. What we do is often driven by how we feel, and God has designed our emotions to be those powerful…
self-harm Self-Harm and Addiction 10 May 201914 May 2019 The language of addiction has been going through an expansion in its application in more recent years. What was once a term applied specifically to alcoholism, and then to general…
Depression The Bible and Depression: Sorrow 9 May 2019 Depression, I have suggested, has many potential causes. While some in the Christian community are quick to trace all causation back to some personal sin, the Bible does not. In…
Depression The Bible and Depression: Sin 3 May 2019 Not all depression is sin! There's a huge misunderstanding about this within Christian circles and it makes a difference for how well we care for one another when we assume…