Much of the literature in biblical counseling has centered around building a counseling system, broader methodology, and understanding presenting issues from a biblical perspective—all of which are supremely necessary. However, because of the rapid spread of biblical counseling and the lack of literature on skills as a focus, we should revisit why they are necessary to become competent counselors. Continue Reading →
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Learning to Listen has a singular claim for you to consider. You can’t love without listening. Without knowing the stories of the people you are called to love, you will be unable to help them to navigate those stories and offer them godly wisdom. Continue Reading →
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Grief is an inescapable part of life this side of glory. There are rippled effects on us as human beings when we experience grief, and the comforting care of another person can be an instrumental way in which we recover from that experience. In Someone I Know is Grieving: Caring with Humility and Compassion, Ed Welch offers sage wisdom on what to do and not to do when ministering to those who are in a season of grieving. Continue Reading →
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Grief is an inescapable part of life this side of glory. There are rippled effects on us as human beings when we experience grief, and the comforting care of another person can be an instrumental way in which we recover from that experience. In Someone I Know is Grieving: Caring with Humility and Compassion, Ed Welch offers sage wisdom on what to do and not to do when ministering to those who are in a season of grieving. Continue Reading →
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Emotions are part of God’s good design. Sometimes this is hard to convince ourselves of when our emotions are so visceral that we can’t see past them. When we are hyperventilating because of anxiety and panic or when we are overwhelmed with grief over the loss of a loved one, it can be difficult to recognize the gift of those emotional responses because they feel so undesirable to us. However, I am convinced that Scripture speaks to our experience of emotions by showing them to be active responses of love that are made in the present, passive reflections of the past, but also that they should be flavored with present help and future hope from God. Continue Reading →
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