What We’re Thinking About
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Every week, we publish articles written by our counselors on various mental health, spiritual formation, or overall wellness topics.
Leaning Into Discomfort
While not all people have the misfortune of being shocked by an electrical outlet, almost all of us get ourselves into circumstances or particular relationships from time to time that teach us to avoid discomfort. After the first “shock,” we learn to gently and carefully test for the slightest potential of discomfort and then jump back if it is present.
Sitting In Your Pain
I often ask clients to sit in their pain. I want them to feel the pain deeply, to know it and own it. Sound like bad advice? People want to be out of their pain; to be less connected to it or healed as soon as possible. What is the point of moving toward pain? The story of Ezekiel has something to say to us all.
Pray Without Ceasing in Today’s World
What does it look like to truly pray without ceasing, especially when life is busy and going a million miles an hour? What does it look like to walk with the Lord when the hurries of life can feel unceasing as well?
The Volume of Silence
In silence and solitude, there is space for cleansing and rest in God.
Keep Love at the Center: The Key to Healthy Conversation
Conversation can lead to conflict. With love as the goal, it can be life-giving.
How Do You Relate To Yourself?
To improve our relationships with others, we must examine our relationship with ourselves.
Return to An Age of Innocence
Our earnest endeavor should be to maintain qualities of innocence throughout our lives.
Seeking Light: Taking on Seasonal Affective Disorder
To combat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), we need to seek light.
Motherhood and the Brain
A mother’s brain undergoes natural chemical, physical, and biological changes in pregnancy, birth, and beyond.
The Blessed Vulnerability of Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is an opportunity to practice biblical, other-centered hospitality in a vulnerable way.
Participating in God’s Kingdom on Earth Through Forgiveness
When we practice forgiveness, we participate in building God’s Kingdom on Earth.
How Our Children’s Emotions Affect Our Own
As young adult children face new challenges, how can parents manage their own emotional responses?
Forgotten Vices, Forgotten Virtues: Sloth vs. Diligence
Sloth may not be that we’re not doing enough, but that we’re not caring enough.
