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Welcome to my world! I hope that you’ll benefit as I review the path I have taken from wide-eyed college student through 28 years of ministry and now into semi-retirement and my Counseling and Life Coaching practice. In these Posts I’ll be sharing with you not only my history but a little more about Christian Counseling. Some folks aren’t familiar with these concepts. I hope to change that!

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  • LONELINESS

    It has been reported multiple times in recent years that there is a epidemic of loneliness in our society. My personal opinion is that this has been caused, or made worse, by the proliferation of social media. Not only can this lead to unfair and unwarranted personal comparisons (leading to lots of low self-esteem) but…

  • STAY HEALTHY

    One of the things that I have learned through the years is that it pays to stay healthy. The idea of exercising is more and more popular these days with gyms opening around towns on a regular basis. Let me clarify something at the beginning: there is a big difference between the idea of exercising…

  • BE CLEAR

    Another in the series of things I’ve learned along the way…I have found that it is important to be clear in the things I am trying to communicate. It doesn’t matter if this is with my wife, other family members, Life Group participants, or others. Here’s why… I am convinced that words are important. So…

  • LESSONS LEARNED

    How many times have you said, or thought, “If I knew then what I know now…”? For me? I’ve said that so many times I can’t even begin to count them! So often in our youth and young adulthood, we make assumptions that aren’t always on the mark. Then after a few years, we look…

  • ANTICIPATION

    I’m sure that, through the years of your life, you have looked forward to something. Graduation? College? Maybe your wedding day, or the birth of your first child. We all could make a list of things that we have anticipated in our lives. How would you characterize “anticipation”? Here’s how the Apostle Paul saw it:…

  • AN OPTIMIST OR A SUCKER?

    In many relationships there comes a time when believability becomes an issue. Someone has been hurt. Someone has lied. Someone has been manipulative. Someone feels cheated. The circumstances which can lead to the believability crisis can vary widely. In any case the crisis revolves around trust. As I counsel, the theme of trust is frequently…

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