[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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Grief & Loss
Identity
Infidelity
Lust
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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 1)
[5 min read—client resource] Sooner or later, we all must wrestle with two fundamental questions: Who is God? and Who am I? Now, a person who does not believe in the existence of God or the Lordship of Christ will answer these questions in certain ways that will lead...
Who Do You Trust?
[3 min read—client resource] We learn about relationships, both with God and others, in our home of origin. Our home of origin is where we learn about emotions, thoughts and behavior in us and in our family. So what did you learn? Was your home a place of...
The Kids Are Alright (?)
[7 min. read—client & church resource] “Kids these days.” You can admit it: You’ve said it (or at least thought it) at some point. But is that just something people of one generation say about generations after them? Or is there truly something quite different...
Grief’s Anacampserote
[3 min. read—client resource] Grief’s ana. . . what? I didn’t make this word up. I promise. Don’t let its multisyllabic arrangement scare you. It doesn’t roll off the tongue easily, now does it. And I am not trying to be pretentious. What you will discover with...
What We Know When Suffering Doesn’t Make Sense
[10 min. read—client & church resource] There are some news headlines that make you say, “How?”—some events in your life that knock the wind out of you, some forms of evil that are too deep to even begin wrapping our heads around. As a therapist, I hear...
Wiley Coyote, Petards? and God’s Justice
[4 min. read—church resource] Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous—you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God! My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. God is a righteous judge, and a God who...
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...
The Holiday Blues
It’s inevitable for most people. We break out of the routine and spend lots of time doing little more than anticipating and preparing for the biggest holiday in our culture. Some of us get energized (and rightfully so. It does celebrate the birth of Jesus and a...