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One of the great struggles we all face is to come to the place where we can recognize our brokenness and be OK with it. I was 31 when that happened fo...
It's one thing to have baggage - a chip on your shoulder, insecurities, relational dysfunction - but it's another thing to be oblivious about the bagg...
I was down in south Florida in the car with old friends this weekend. We were talking about relationships and we realized that a lot of people make fr...
Jesus came to set the captives free. Of course we're not in prison, so we figure, he came for the people behind bars, right? But the fact is, there ar...
Who hasn't made mistakes and longed for a do-over? To be human is to make a mess of things. We're born making messes and we never quite grow out of th...
I got the following from Michael Hindes: 2 Questions As a pastor, I referred a number of people to christian counseling. Yet I have criteria...
After an earlier blog post on the 10 decisions before going to a counselor, a blog reader asked "now, do you have the 10 steps to finding a trusted co...
Life is complex and often we may need help navigating it. A spiritual coach can be a big help. And at times we may need a professional counselor as we...
Only recently has God revealed to me the purpose of the pain I went through in 1989. For years I attributed the betrayal to random misfortune, but m...
Every now and then people like John get under my skin and I have to talk to God about them. Conversations go something like this one: "...
