Author: Shauna Van Dyke

God’s Faithfulness: Renewed Hope in the Depths of Despair

God’s Faithfulness: Renewed Hope in the Depths of Despair

Posted by | Nov 28, 2025 | |

The prophet Jeremiah stared into a landscape of utter devastation. Before the soaring words of hope in Lamentations 3, he cataloged the horror: priests massacred, women raped, people hauled into captivity, and a famine so brutal that its victims resorted to cannibalism. The word “despair” merely hints at his emotions. His world was broken, his people were judged, and his heart was crushed. What does a person do when the foundations of their life crumble? Continue Reading →

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Approaching the Intervention

Approaching the Intervention

Posted by | Mar 19, 2025 | |

As a counselor, you will share some of the deepest and darkest moments with others. For me, those moments are walking with women who struggle with suicidal ideation. Some of whom I’ve lost. Suicide is the eleventh leading cause of death in the US for all ages. This statistic alerts us that the people who could be considering suicide are in our church, homes, families, neighborhoods, and workplaces. We must be prepared to provide care to someone who is threatening suicide or engaging in suicidal behavior. By looking at the narrative of Jonah, we’ll discover four godly characteristics we can adopt to aid those who have lost hope for living.

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Our Call to Care Like Jesus

Our Call to Care Like Jesus

Posted by | Nov 18, 2024 | |

Our November 2024 mini-series on the BCC Grace and Truth blog addresses creating a biblical counseling culture in the church. In this first article, Shauna Van Dyke encourages modeling a church’s culture of care on Jesus in His earthly ministry. In other contributions to the series, Dave Deuel explains how a culture of care is built from biblical fellowship characterized by God’s people practicing the one-anothers, Brad Hambrick offers wisdom on creating a culture of care through biblical friendships and small groups, Tim St. John shares how preaching is influential in the church growing together and caring for one another, and Jeremy Oliver describes how church leaders create culture in their daily conduct amongst those they serve. Continue Reading →

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