Counseling… Tending To Your Own Yard: Cultivating Contentment 25 May 201226 May 2012 Tonight, as I type this, I am sore, tired, and happy. It's a rare combination for me. I am not one prone to enjoying manual labor and the outdoors. I've done…
Counseling… Grass is Still Just Grass: Contentment is a Choice 24 May 201225 May 2012 Why did we pick grass for this goofy cliché? It all looks the same to me and none of it is very impressive. I remember when I lived in Athens,…
Counseling… The Grass is Always Greener: The Spiritual Danger of Discontentment 23 May 201224 May 2012 What does the perfect evening look like? I suspect it includes a cool summer air, grilling out, listening to Bon Iver, and smoking cigars with some of your dearest friends.…
Books… Uncovering Our Identity Means Digging Deeper: A Review of “Identity” by Eric Geiger 5 Mar 20126 Mar 2012 We live in an age of amorphous self-awareness. Most people float around without any clue who they are or what they are doing with their lives. I see it most…
Counseling… The Sparrow and the Heart: The Heart (Part 4) 5 Oct 20116 Oct 2011 I don't know of anyone who likes to hear the word "no" to a request. My daughter certainly doesn't like to hear it. But then again, neither do I. No…
Counseling… The Sparrow and the Heart: The Heart (Part 3) 28 Sep 201129 Sep 2011 There are some Christians for whom pain is only an illusion. They parade around as if they've never encountered a difficulty or a trial that they couldn't happily endure. They…
Counseling… The Sparrow and the Heart: The Heart (Part 2) 21 Sep 201122 Sep 2011 If you're anything like me, then maybe you have a hard time relating to the Apostle Paul. After all the cat kind of seems like a super hero of the…
Counseling… The Sparrow and the Heart: The Heart (Part 1) 14 Sep 201115 Sep 2011 I have two symbols which reflect key elements of my theology. We have been dealing for weeks now with the first of these symbols: the Sparrow. The sparrow points me…
Counseling… The Sparrow and the Heart: The Sparrow (Part 6) 7 Sep 20118 Sep 2011 What is it that you worry about? What causes you to have anxiety, obsessive worry, paralyzing fear? Is it money, food, security, safety, relationships? Think carefully about the source or…
Counseling… The Sparrow and the Heart: The Sparrow (Part 5) 31 Aug 20111 Sep 2011 I know I am supposed to love creation, but sometimes it's hard for me. I don't like animals and I am not very fond of nature. So in Matthew chapter…