He didn’t call to makes small talk, but we’d been high-centered on small-talk topics for twenty minutes—weather, sports, politics. This was not Mike’s (not his real name) modus operendi; he was a minister who wasted little time on veneered conversation, one who prided himself in getting down to the nitty-gritty. […]
In counseling, when people share their most serious and secret problems, counselors need to have something to say. We need guidance about how to respond to such information. Trenyan is a great example. I sat in my office listening to her that day as she shared some very painful information […]
As he neared the end of his life, the veteran pastor Paul addressed this exhortation to his young prote ́ge ́ Timothy: I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His […]
Like it or not, there’s a cause/effect connection between the relational health of the families showing up for church on Sunday and your church’s capacity to have substantive Kingdom impact. That’s why churches can’t be accidental when it comes to offering on-going training in the areas of marriage and parenting. […]
Of the thousands of spouses who have written to us and our marriage ministry, the common thread that runs through almost all of them is that, in one way or another, it could be concluded that the number one problem in marriage is communication . . . or the lack […]
Since the beginning of time, men and women have searched for happiness — usually in all the wrong places, trying all the wrong things. But there’s only one place where we can find tested-and-proven, absolutely-gonna-work principles that will lead to healing and happiness. These principles come in the form of […]
