I Don’t NEED My Husband At first glance that sounds like such a terrible statement. I love my husband. He truly is my favorite person on this Earth. He has been an amazing support through me getting a master’s degree and moving states twice because of my career. Marriage with to him is easy. He’s … [Read more…]
Women of Class – Becoming a Titus 2 Woman Our society has made a significant push to attempt to elevate women and the view of women. However, the process in which it has done so has been without class. The game plan appears to be to do everything that men do but in the process … [Read more…]
My grandmother is in her 90’s. She is my only grandparent I have alive. And truly her quality of life is not good. She is incredibly hard of hearing and macular-degeneration has left her almost completely blind. And now in the past few years, dementia has set in. Her world has become very small. My … [Read more…]
Work in Progress As many of you reading know, I’m a Christian mental health therapist and have been in the field for over eight years. I work with children, teens, families, marriages, and adults. My clients come to me with issues surrounding depression, anxiety, self-esteem, trauma, grief, marital issues, parenting problems, and attachment issues. The … [Read more…]
Work can be a difficult topic to discuss in our society currently. There have been debates about the minimum wage amount, wage gaps, unemployment time frames, maternity leave, retirement age, social security and government assistance programs. And I have no desire to debate the specifics of any of them. But I worry that we have … [Read more…]
Last week’s devotional focused on the importance of church and recognizing that many Christians struggle with going to church. Often one of the reasons sited is due to “church hurts”. Relationship issues by the people of the church. The situation hurts too much or seems unsolvable so the victim party leaves that particular church. The … [Read more…]
According to a 2016 research study by the Barna group – Almost three-quarters of Americans (73%) say they are a Christian. However the same study found when a self-identified Christian attends a religious service at least once a month and says their faith is very important in their life, Barna considers that person a “practicing Christian.” … [Read more…]
Has Exercise and Diet Become Your Idol? My husband and I had started working out and eating healthy before we got married. I had felt and looked great! Then the honeymoon happened and I fell out of the routine. I struggled to consistently workout after that. Then a couple of babies happened and that really … [Read more…]
Discuss the Church Sermon with Your Spouse to Stay Spiritually Connected As married couples, we often look for ways to stay connected. We try to find ways to go on dates or pick up new hobbies together. We debrief about our day and current events. But one of the ways I have found couples don’t … [Read more…]
As Christians we tend to be doers. We focus on good deeds, helping others, creating ministries, etc. But sometimes we get too focused on the ‘works’ that we lose sight of the purpose. Loving God is supposed to be our first and foremost priority. All of our actions are supposed to flow out of our … [Read more…]