Eating is something that we generally take for granted, especially in a country of abundance where few of us have ever faced a true scarcity…
If you studied Classics you are probably familiar with The History of the Peloponnesian War written in 431 BC by Thucydides. However, if you are…
We do not have to look very long at Matthew 18 in order to see the logic flow that takes place. It starts with the…
Yesterday was Pentecost Sunday. It was also the day in which our sermon series on Matthew 18 brought us to the issue of having our sin confronted (Matthew…
Mothering is a major theme in Scripture. And when God takes a mother’s barren womb and makes it fruitful it is particularly celebrated. There are…
All of us experience moments in which we seem reduced to trying to do nothing more than survive. In those moments it is all we…
The Gospel of Matthew is broken up into five discourses. The fourth discourse, which is found in eighteenth chapter, is often called the Discourse on…
I’ll never forget the day that I realized just how real my blind spots were. If you would have asked me before that day whether…
I have a confession to make. I have always struggled over the way we talk about thanksgiving (the attitude, not the holiday). I am not…
Satisfaction versus hunger, it is one of Scripture’s many paradoxes. On the one hand, there is a certain satisfaction or contentment that we are expected…
One of the latest Johnson & Johnson commercial is quite an understatement: “Having a baby changes everything.” As exciting, thrilling, and moving it is to…
Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too limited for us. Please let us…
***Parallel Processing Parallel process is a clinical term used to describe the common occurrence in therapy when the therapist’s own experience is reflected in the…
Therapy is way more than a toolbox of intervention. Information alone cannot replace professional help. However, information can be very powerful. So, for what it’s…
I launched out like a sailor of the wind, a pneumanaut, not knowing where the thermals might set me down. No one was worried about…