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Coming To a Close

Posted in Battle, Calling, Counsel, Discipleship, Invitation, Journey, tagged , , , , on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One month left.  Three long, exciting, difficult, intense years in a graduate counseling/marriage and family therapy program has come down to one month.  Hard to believe.
I find it ironic somehow that I’m sitting in the same seat as I was four years ago.  Not much external has changed over the past three years.  My job, [...]

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Apprentice Training

Posted in Conversational Intimacy, Counsel, Discipleship, Invitation, Jesus, Restoration, tagged , , , , , , , on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

When we moved into our home a few years ago, we turned one of the spare bedrooms into an office.  Bookshelves line the far wall of the room, and sandwiched between two of them, right in the middle of the wall, sits a large desk.  It’s a simple one, with only a flat writing surface [...]

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A Daring Reach

Posted in Counsel, Invitation, Jesus, Jesus' Pursuit, Longing, Restoration on July 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
-John 20:27
In moments of duress we respond with either “fight or flight.”  How many times have we heard that adage?  It’s become so commonplace, we often take for granted that [...]

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On Methods and Mystery

Posted in Counsel, Healing, Invitation, Jesus, Mystery on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Recently I was counseling a young lady who by external standards had everything in life figured out.  On her way to getting her Master’s degree, she has been sought out by a prestigious company offering her a nice bonus for signing on with them.  She was dating a star athlete at her college.  And she [...]

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This World: Battleground

Posted in Battle, Counsel, Journey, tagged , , , , on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A. W. Tozer has given one of his books a great title, “This World: Playground or Battleground?“  It’s an insightful book, and Tozer spends page after page unpacking that one question he asks with the title.  We’ve heard not to judge a book by its cover.  I think this one judges me, waiting for my [...]

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A Surprising Encounter

Posted in Conversational Intimacy, Counsel, Discipleship, Expression, Grace, Jesus, Prayer, Wonder on June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I’m big on journaling. It’s a discipline I discovered some years back that helps me process through what God is showing me, that helps me express desires or fears that may be buried beneath the busyness of the day, that helps me engage in prayer with the Lord when the noise outside is too [...]

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Taking Up My Cross

Posted in Counsel, Healing, Love, Prayer, tagged , , on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

What does it look like to love? It looks like Jesus. Period. He is Love, and as such is the perfect picture of it. And to model it, not only do I need grace in godly measure, I also must model Jesus in His life, even as He is in me — not only in [...]

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