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When Your What If Becomes Reality
Are you there? Are your kids there? Has the, “What if…” become real? Has fear morphed into reality? How do we access that rainbow of hope in the midst of hard? What if I get cancer? What if I get Covid? What if I don’t make the team? What if I lose my job? What if my...
Coping with My Coping Mechanisms (Part 2)
In my last article, I opened up the topic of Coping Mechanisms and talked about some of the ways we cope with stress and just life in general in negative ways. I posed a number of questions to help you to analyze the behaviors that you are coping with and cast a...
Trusting God in the Hard Times
Trusting God in the easy times isn’t really trusting. When life is easy, trusting God is like watching your favorite TV show. You set aside the time, pay attention and keep all distractions at bay because it suits you. It interests you. Every episode serves up the...
Pathways to Healing from Abuse: The Balancing Act of Recovery—Processing the Trauma (Part 2)
A Healing Revelation “Scott, you better sit down—you’ve been waiting a lifetime to hear this exact heartfelt sentiment.” The urgent thought suddenly began ringing through my mind. It was a typical Sunday afternoon back then. I was catching up on the phone with my...
Coping with My Coping Mechanisms (Part 1)
“Coping mechanisms are the strategies people often use in the face of stress and/or trauma to help manage painful or difficult emotions. Coping mechanisms can help people adjust to stressful events while helping them maintain their emotional well-being.” –...
Thoughts on Intimacy
You overheard your co-workers discussing “intimate relationships.” Several single people were saying their “relationships are intimate.” You know they are not married. What thoughts about the nature of those relationships come to mind? I have been...
Pathways to Healing from Abuse: The Balancing Act of Recovery (Part 1)
Does this Apply to Me? Our Thursday Night curriculum contains four modules which are covered over 4 months in the Spring and Fall. One is on addiction, another on gender and sexual identity and then one on healthy relating. But we also have a module that...
Hidden Gems of 2020
Sometimes a few of our blogs seem to slip through the cracks and go by unnoticed. Hard to believe, right? Here are links to a few of our LEAST read articles of 2020, our hidden gems. Don't let these get away without some love! Addictive...
COVID 19 – How are you doing?
It has been over 9 months since most of our lives were upended by the Pandemic. I think most of us would agree that this is the strangest time in our lifetimes. An important element is that we are not alone …… it has affected the entire world. Some days...
Top 5 Blogs of 2020
Merry Christmas to you and yours! We pray that during this Christmas season, you are reminded of what matters most and how the true meaning of Christmas is about the birth of our Lord Jesus. In the midst of these challenging times, He is the...