Trusting God in the Decision to Care for a Loved One
Approximately 34.2 million Americans have provided unpaid care to an adult aged 50 or older in the past 12 months. The majority of caregivers are female (60 percent). Most caregivers are taking care of one person (82 percent) and providing care for a relative (85 percent)—most often a parent or parent-in-law (49 percent), according to the AARP and the National Alliance for Caregivers. These statistics reveal that at some point in our lives, most of us will be faced with the decision to care for a loved one—sometimes sooner than we expect. Making that choice will depend greatly on individual...
Read MoreHow to Honor Your Parents as a Young Adult
In my counseling practice, I often see young adults who struggle in their relationship with their parents. The majority of these clients are in college and in the transition period of leaving adolescence and entering adulthood. Relational struggles stem from the tension to “honor your parents” (whatever that means) while also voicing different thoughts and making independent decisions that may conflict with parents values or viewpoints. Clients often ask me: So what does ”honor your parents” mean anyway? What does it mean that I’m a young adult but they still treat me like a child? How do...
Read MoreScripture’s View of Singleness
Scripture’s View of Singleness Part 1 of V on Singles Ministry in a Couple’s Culture Church 48.6%. That’s the number of singles currently living in the Triangle, according to the US Census Bureau. Does that surprise you? Shock you? Make you shrug your shoulders? This means that the “single-married divide” in RDU is surprisingly small. Yet our churches are dominated by married couples and singles too often feel relegated to the sidelines. Why is that? This question prompted our counseling center, Bridgehaven Counseling Associates, to create a series of blog posts to address this very...
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