Recovery Ministry Addiction and Emotions: Perfectionism 15 Dec 201615 Dec 2016 To live as an addict is to live in a world of extremes. Addiction is, after all, a pursuit and experience of pleasure that is extreme. This way of living…
Marriage Your Spouse Needs More Than Truth 14 Dec 201615 Dec 2016 "I am just being honest about how I feel." That's the refrain I kept hearing from this wife. She said it for several weeks when I finally started to realize…
Christmas Christmas Kitsch and the True Christmas Miracle (Part 1) 13 Dec 2016 Christmas is a difficult season for many of us. Loss, grief, sorrow, and loneliness can plague us around the holiday. Our culture often promises a sort of Christmas miracle that…
Books A Review of “Divine Intervention” by Mark Shaw 12 Dec 2016 Watching a loved one destroy themselves with an addiction has to be one of the most difficult things to endure. It can become an unbelievable burden, a challenge to navigate…
Reading This Week’s Good Reads 10 Dec 2016 Every week I compile a list of interesting articles collected from around the web. Here is this week's list; check it out, there's bound to be something of interest to…
Uncategorized Next Week 9 Dec 2016 Be sure to check back next week at Pastor Dave Online for these posts and more: 1. A Review of Divine Intervention by Mark Shaw This is a really helpful…
Recovery Ministry Addiction and Emotions: Shame 8 Dec 2016 Addictions never stay at the level of behavior alone. Eventually the strike at our very sense of self. The deeper we go into an addiction the more we may feel…
Marriage Expressing Your Emotions to Your Spouse 7 Dec 2016 Why is it so hard for us to reveal how we feel to those we love? Some people are reluctant to say they are upset, scared, frustrated. Their presentation of…
Counseling The Importance of Good Paperwork 6 Dec 2016 There are various types of counseling relationships and each is incredibly valuable in its own right. We counsel one another in friendship and marriage. We counsel informally in discipling relationships…
Books A Review of “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance 5 Dec 2016 "Surveys have found, working-class whites are the most pessimistic group in America" (4). J.D. Vance know something about this truth, since he grew up within a white work-class family. In…
