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"“In protecting our kids, we want to strike a balance between genuine hope in God and a realistic outlook on the depravity of human beings.”" — Jul 01, 2026 03:13PM
"“In protecting our kids, we want to strike a balance between genuine hope in God and a realistic outlook on the depravity of human beings.”" — Jul 01, 2026 03:13PM
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"“When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.”
- Excerpt from The Peace of Wild Things" — Apr 06, 2026 08:04AM
"“When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.”
- Excerpt from The Peace of Wild Things" — Apr 06, 2026 08:04AM
Why read a book about a biblical counseling process? To grow in skillful love. To call ourselves biblical counselors, we aim for nothing less than to love others from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith (1 Timothy 1:5).
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“Character concerns reveal what we value most.”
― Mobilizing Church-Based Counseling: Models for Sustainable Church-Based Care
― Mobilizing Church-Based Counseling: Models for Sustainable Church-Based Care
“the influence G4 and GCM leaders have is leadership without authority. They are guiding the process”
― Mobilizing Church-Based Counseling: Models for Sustainable Church-Based Care
― Mobilizing Church-Based Counseling: Models for Sustainable Church-Based Care
“consider this statement from David Powlison: “The task in any ministry moment is to choose [and] emphasize . . . a truth for the sake of relevant application to particular persons and situations. You can’t say everything all at once—and you shouldn’t try. Say one relevant thing at a time.”
― A Biblical Counseling Process: Guidance for the Beginning, Middle, and End
― A Biblical Counseling Process: Guidance for the Beginning, Middle, and End
“This again highlights the issue of sustainability for churches starting a counseling ministry. You must think of the care and longevity of the helpers you train”
― Mobilizing Church-Based Counseling: Models for Sustainable Church-Based Care
― Mobilizing Church-Based Counseling: Models for Sustainable Church-Based Care
“Sympathy willingly joins with sufferers in their pain. Empathy makes their suffering our own in a more universal and totalizing way.”
― Leadership and the Sin of Empathy: Compassion and Its Counterfeits
― Leadership and the Sin of Empathy: Compassion and Its Counterfeits
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