Each day is different. Sometimes she is the sweetest kid. Sometimes she flips out over the littlest thing. But each day is an adventure. It is honestly one of the most challenging things we have ever done. Fostering. But I don't even want to compare that to the...
What is the Sabbath? The Sabbath is a day of rest. Most people think of it as a day not to work (Exodus 34:21). This is why so many people question Jewish people today that walk on Saturday to a synagogue, as that requires more work than driving. However, it is not...
What is Depression? Depression is a multifaceted issue. Psychology has given us a handy label for these particular set of emotions. However, a label does not tell us the cause or the treatment. It is used to describe a particular set of emotions without any...
Emotions: God’s and Man’s The Bible is full of descriptions of emotions: both God’s and man’s. God has revealed this aspect of Himself to us. He has revealed His emotion’s to us, so that we can learn from them so that we may honor and glorify Him in all aspects...
It’s easy to lock up as a counselor. For me, the most difficult session is the very first one. Breaking the ice is hard for me. It can be frustrating to know what to say, how to build trust, how to show that you care about someone you may have just met. Here are six...
So you are setting up a counseling ministry at your church. You have a new counselee. Everyone is looking forward to this. But sometimes, that first introductory meeting can be a bit daunting. What all do you need to cover? How do you get the ball rolling? ...
I sit here a bit saddened after the fifth Lord's Day without corporate worship. It saddens me that many church bodies have not been able to gather as we are called to do and worship God together. Yes, many are able to use technology to in some way worship, but let's...
“Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.” Jude 1:3 Beloved, We can see at the...
“Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.“ Psalm 95:6 Easter Sunday in the year of our Lord Two Thousand Twenty will be marked - solely we pray - as an historic, sadly memorable event in the history of the church. So early into the...
“Let not your burden rest upon yourselves; for ye cannot bear it, and must finally perish beneath its weight. …But, confident and full of joy, cast it from you and throw it on God, and say: Heavenly Father, thou art my Lord and God, who didst create me when I was...