The Stress of a Pandemic
This article was first written for First Presbyterian Church Greetings from the Christian Counseling Center of First Presbyterian Church. As I write this, I am grateful for technology. Almost 5 weeks ago, when the first recommendations for social distancing...
Fall is in the Air
The following article was published in "First Things" for First Presbyterian Church. It is that time of year. All of the indicators that summer is ending and that fall is quickly approaching are upon us. School is beginning, football is here, the church’s fall...
Soul Wounds
Attach: Join, put together, connect. Abandon: Throw away, dispose of, dump. Abandonment and Attachment…two important words that affect our ability to have relationships. In his book "Why You Do the Things You Do", Tim Clinton says that the following questions point to...
All Things for Good
Some people I meet with have been so unspeakably abused by others, it is almost impossible for them or me to grasp how something so horrific could a) be allowed by God and b) be used for good. Thomas Watson, a 17th Century writer who wrote the little book, All Things...
Postpartum Depression: It’s OK to not be OK
“It will be the happiest time in your life.” “You will feel nothing but unconditional love.” “Don’t worry, being a mother will just come naturally.” These are very common phrases that moms-to-be often hear as they near the birth of their baby. Although these comments...
Fear
Earlier this week, my one year-old daughter was playing with a toy on the bed. I watched her pick up the toy, throw it off the bed onto the floor, and then in an attempt to retrieve the toy, dive headlong after it over the side of the bed. Totally unafraid of the fall...
Conflict
A few years back I spent time training with an improv comedy group. I wanted to learn the art of improvisation after having some experience doing sketch comedy. I quickly realized that while improv is essentially making up what you are performing on the fly, there are...
A Rough Time
We all go through difficult times. Going through them “well” is the challenge. Scripture has much to say about how we are to respond to the difficulties and trials of this life. Whether our difficulty is physical, spiritual, relational, occupational, or...
The Unspoken Issue (Part 2)
In the first blog, we discussed a preliminary inner thought process of someone with an eating disorder. We will discover what an eating disorder actually is and define different disorders. Eating disorders include extreme thoughts, behaviors and emotions about eating,...
Happy (Belated) Birthday
Several weeks ago, the counseling center completed its 16th year of ministry. It is wonderful to see how this ministry has been a fulfillment of a vision for ministry dating back to the church’s long-range plan in the early 1990s. It was envisioned that the counseling...
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