Page: Blog Posts

Blog

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!

Click on the title of each post to read the complete article.

  • WHAT DEFINES YOU?

    Through the years I have come across lots of individuals who carry an unnecessary burden of defining themselves by something that doesn’t really define them at all. There may be some physical malady or imperfection that feels like a weight that they can’t get out from under. I know that this was true for me…

  • COMPLIMENTS

    One of the ideas that I was recently reminded of is the concept of dehabituation and rehabituation. I rather doubt that you’ve used either of these words…maybe ever! Let me explain something else that I have learned along the way… One of the changes that may be needed in a counseling or coaching situation is…

  • INFLUENCE

    Are there people in your life that you hope to influence sometime? Maybe it is a simple as influencing your children. Maybe a neighbor or co-worker. Hopefully there are people that you hope to influence such that they come to faith in Christ. In order to accomplish that I have a question that we all…

  • MORE WORDS

    In addition to learning that I’m not always right, that it is important to stay healthy, and that loneliness is a scourge on our society, there’s another thing that I have learned along the way: In many, if not most, cases more words is better than less words. It should be obvious that more words…

  • I’M NOT ALWAYS RIGHT

    There is something that I’ve learned along the way that bears re-learning. In fact, I would go so far as to say that I am reminded of this on a regular basis. Sometimes my wife or other family members remind me. Other times circumstances conspire to show me that, despite my best intentions and planning,…

  • 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…

Subscribe

Enter your email below to receive updates.