What jumps out at you when you hear someone’s story? What is important? What isn’t? Ten people can listen to the same story and hear very different things. Some might focus on past pain, others on present responsibility; some on a possible psychiatric diagnosis,...
It’s happened to you many times before: your friend just seems down about everything, nothing’s going right, and even the weather is dreary. You rack your brain trying to think of something to say, but words just won’t come. Finally you mutter...
I was decidedly against it, and I said so. I thought I had good reasons, and I laid them out. But none of them changed Alasdair’s mind. In fact, Alasdair Groves (my boss) already had three Skype counseling sessions booked when we opened our CCEF New England office...
When crises hit, everyone needs emergency numbers, and we must know them instinctively. For our wedding, I wrote my own wedding vows and memorized them. The practice was popular then, less so now. When it was my turn to recite my vows and promises I, of course, went...
Biblical counseling is the Word applied to individual people. Preaching is the Word proclaimed to the larger church community. Together they summarize a pastor’s primary job description, with each informing and strengthening the other. Preaching certainly affects...
