Dinner time at our house is of the utmost importance, but it is also the most chaotic.
One kid is screaming for water while another one is spilling it. Molly hardly ever sits down to eat until nearly halfway into the meal because, like a busy waiter, she responds to every request for a drink, salt, ketchup, napkins, an extra fork, and any other demand.
There is usually a time when we are all seated at...
Suicide is one of the most difficult types of suffering and pain we can experience. Counseling those who are in the wake of a tragic loss, or those who are contemplating taking their own life, requires deep biblical wisdom. The Bible has hope and help to guide us.
The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors has given me permission to share this video that is part of their series for high schoolers. I pray the content...
The app is open. I am logged in. Now I wait.
I bounce my leg under my desk and tap my pen impatiently. You would think this was my first time talking to a someone through Zoom, let alone a counseling client.
Lights. Camera. Action. The counselee signs on, I add him to the room, and boom, we’re “live.” What could possibly go wrong now?
For some odd reason, counseling through a screen can create more anxiety...
Breaking a sinful habit can take a lot of faith and work.
The prophet Jeremiah asked a provoking rhetorical question when he wrote in Jeremiah 13:23, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil." He was making the point that evil that is so ingrained in our being that it can seem impossible for change to happen.
But the grace of...
Walking into a person’s crisis is an intimate experience.
The pain of suffering is exasperated when met with the unknown. Fear increases when we do not have answers. Some environments are prone to more waiting and questioning and therefore fear. A hospital is a place of questions, waiting, hoping, and longing for comfort. As we minister to people in the hospital, we need to help them find the hope they need. We can bring the...
