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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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  • GETTING OUT OF YOUR ECHO CHAMBER

    As my wife and I were working out this morning we were listening to classic rock, as per usual. A song by Yes came on (“I’ve seen all Good People”) with the line “don’t surround yourself with yourself”. Now I don’t claim to speak for the rock group as to what they meant by this…

  • SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES

    You’ve probably noticed that there can be a lot of different meanings behind the word “spiritual”. In today’s culture it can mean different things to different people. For example, to a Christian the word “spiritual” always refers to something in connection with God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, recognizing that there is what is…

  • DISTRACTIONS

    In the last blog I wrote about beginning new routines in our lives. I truly hope that you are beginning to look at your own life and practices in order to do some evaluation and planning. What goals might you set for yourself? What are some new, or improved, disciplines that would benefit you personally,…

  • DEVELOPING ROUTINES: A CHALLENGE

    Over the years I have developed a reading routine that I want to pass along to you. Because I love to read I could easily get caught up in reading only contemporary fiction, Christian teaching, or Psychology. However, in order to discipline myself and to broaden my horizons, I have established the following reading plan.…

  • THE WHEEL OF LIFE

    Through the years I have found lots of people, both individuals and couples, that come to me for assistance in identifying problems and needs and then working toward solutions. There are lots of assessments and analyses that can be used to help in this search for solutions, often at quite an expense. There is also…

  • TRUST

    As I have travelled this road of Pastor, Counselor and Life Coach it has been my privilege to share in the lives and stories of hundreds of individuals, couples and families as they have come to share their burdens and needs with me. There are often common themes that run through the lives of many…

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