Category Relationships

How to Provide Compassionate Support for Cross-Cultural Missionaries

By Sunday, February 10, 2019 Identity, Missions, Pastors, Relationships Permalink

Today's guest post is by Megan Burns. Megan is married to Brian, and works as a biblical counselor in Richmond, VA with Heart Song Counseling. She served in the Philippines for three years, and has a passion for counseling cross-cultural workers, as well as equipping the local church to care for those they have sent out around the world. Megan enjoys writing about counseling, discipleship and missions on her blog, Remade Whole. How do you love and support someone whose lifestyle and struggles are so different from your own? How can you enter into an unfamiliar suffering in order to connect ...

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Joy Matters

By Monday, December 10, 2018 Christian Women, Counseling, Emotions, Family, Feelings, Joy, Life in general, Marriage, Mommy Stuff, Parenting, Perseverance, Relationships, Soul Care, Spiritual Growth, Uncategorized, Women, Worship Permalink
joy matters

Can you remember a time when something happened that instantly stole your joy? If joy was a scale, what number are you today? 1-10? One being not even on your radar and 10—your cup runneth over with joy.Answer this question. “I’d be full of joy all the time if only ____.” Friends, do you know your joy matters to God? Do you know the Bible has a lot to say about joy? For those of you who are in Christ, do you know that Jesus was inspired and motivated by your future joy?Joy reflects Who you know and what you ...

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How Discipleship Ministries Enhance Counseling Outcomes

By Tuesday, October 24, 2017 Bible Study, Counseling, Discipleship, Ministries, Pastors, Relationships, Small Groups, Soul Care, Spiritual Growth Permalink

This post originally appeared in Careleader.org Jenna, a twenty-seven-year-old working professional, comes to see you initially for anxiety related to work. She shares with you that she’s been really stressed working sixty-plus hours a week and that it’s starting to take more of a toll on her. Over time, you learn that she has developed an online shopping addiction and accrued thousands of dollars of debt. She is also single and lonely and has become addicted to online porn. Over time, Jenna begins to discover some of the deeper heart issues related to her addictions and anxiety and slowly learns to ...

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3 Ways to Foster Good Communication With Your Teen

By Tuesday, September 5, 2017 Communication, Counseling, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Teens Permalink

Today’s guest post is by Mark Stephens, Mid-Atlantic Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) International Director. Mark lives in Urbana, MD with his wife of 27 years, Rhonda, and their four daughters. Connect with Mark at [email protected]   The social pressures of being a teen are extraordinary. From culture to dress to acting a certain way are ever in one’s face. All of this compounded by the fact that technology dominates the way we receive, process and transmit the conversations in our relationships. Being a teen today just isn’t like being a teen when we grew up (speaking for my generation here). That ...

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