Counseling

Creating a New Relationship

Even if you had the best training in the world, there are still situations that no one can foresee, and some that almost no one can cope with well. Every family is different, and every child is unique.

The Challenge of Helping Couples in Conflict

Change comes when individuals focus less on their partner, explore how they themselves contribute to marital problems, and attempt to change their own behavior.

The Larger Story

In the swirl of the hustle around me, all I could think about was just how God was going to turn this around for good. "I hear it, God. I just don’t know if I can see it yet."

Outreach Resources of the Year: Counseling and Relationships

Written by a physician, The Deepest Place reverberates with heartfelt compassion, clinical understanding and studied, biblical wisdom that will benefit pastors and other ministry leaders involved in counseling.

Is ‘Mental Illness’ a Helpful Label?

Despite its limitations, “mental illness” is still the preferred label in the medical profession and in popular culture.

You’re Not as Broken as You Think

How often do we measure ourselves with a tape measure that is no longer, or never even was, accurate for our needs?

My Spiritual Awakening

The weird thing about hangovers is that I adapted to them. They set the tone for the day: the muscles governing my movement would be sore, the head housing my mind would ache, the seat of my heart would feel broken, and the voices of my soul would speak only shame.

My Achilles Heel

As women who didn’t receive what we needed from our fathers, we must make the time to grieve this loss in our lives. Doing so requires that we tell the little girl inside of us to pack her bags and leave for good. She can’t coexist in a healthy and whole woman of God.

Americans Believe Suicide Is Epidemic, Not Pathway to Hell

Religious beliefs and practice also play a role in attitudes toward suicide. Those with evangelical beliefs are more likely than those without evangelical beliefs to say suicide is selfish (48% v. 35%) and automatically leads to hell (39% v. 18%).

Thy Will Be Done

And that was the last time I ever saw him. It was the last time I ever will see him on this side of heaven.

Tim Challies: Seasons of Sorrow

“The purest joy and the fullest rest lie beyond time’s horizon.”