[6 min read—client resource] There’s a mural in Durham, North Carolina that I always loved seeing when I lived there. The mural is painted on the side of an old tobacco warehouse. It’s brightly painted with flowers and says, “Life is so beautiful. Life is so hard.” I...
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Believe It or Not: Finding Freedom from Anxiety, False Guilt, and Faulty Expectations Based on Who God Is and How He Made Us (Part 3)
[5 min read—client resource] STOP! Have you read Parts 1 and 2? I know, I know…It’s tempting to skip ahead to the application portion. But meditating on who God is and who we are as human beings in relation to him is foundational; we must settle in our own hearts if...
Believe It or Not: Finding Freedom from Anxiety, False Guilt, and Faulty Expectations Based on Who God Is and How He Made Us (Part 2)
[7 min read—client resource] In Part 1 of this series, we looked at how what we believe about the character of God shapes our experiences of and responses to whatever we may be struggling with or suffering from. Let’s now look at his good design for us as human...
Expectations for Healing and Growth
[2 min read—client resource] When you come to counseling, what do you expect the outcome to be? Perhaps you expect a big change in circumstances or a dramatic healing. It can be helpful to consider our expectations for growth in counseling and in our personal...
Lost My Place
“Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.” ~ Simone Weil In the last two centuries, globalization has exploded. Communication, collaboration and relocation are accessible in unimaginable ways. Opportunities to connect with others are endless. Ways to work together...
Conformity to Christ: It’s An Inside Job
If conformity to Christ requires us to face our own tendencies toward idolatry, then how does facing personal idolatry relate to spiritual disciplines, suffering, and community? “God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery,...
The Lost Art of Solitude
“Solitude does not pull us away from our fellow human beings but instead makes real fellowship possible.” ~Henri Nouwen “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” ~Augustine I’ve become increasingly aware of a pervasive...
His Burden is Light
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “I think we would be shocked if we knew how many pastors have lost their joy—how many of us get up at the beginning of each week and grind it out, if for no...
When Ministry Becomes a Burden
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “This is where it inevitably leads. You’ve lost sight of the gospel in your personal life; you feel a growing disconnect between your private life and your...