Sunday morning after service, you’re chatting with a set of parents in your congregation. In passing, they mention that their oldest daughter, fourteen-year-old Anna, has gotten more disrespectful and disobedient lately. She ignores her father’s instructions and shows little, if any, affection. Consideration 1: The reality of “insiders” and “outsiders” On day one in a … [Read more...]
Don’t take grief (or any other significant experience) on as an identity
About five years ago, our team began working on the third edition of the GriefShare program. To put that program together I interviewed a number of people who’d lost loved ones. Some of the people I spoke with had processed their grief and were moving forward with their lives. Others seemed stuck—unable to move forward. If you know someone who is grieving, consider sharing … [Read more...]
Helping the depressed
In this packet you will find several teaching and counseling tools. We encourage you to use this free resource to care for those struggling with depression and to teach others about the nature of depression. For more in-depth information, please refer to the Caring for the Depressed ebook. In this packet, you will have a way of illustrating how both the body and the … [Read more...]
When someone resists your advice
Brad Hambrick is a pastoral counselor in Raleigh, NC. We asked him to respond to a question that pastors inevitably face: “If someone you counsel in your church refuses or ignores your counsel, how should that be handled?” Here are his thoughts. This is one of the things that can be difficult when we are counseling others. How much is somebody obligated to follow the … [Read more...]
Receiving God’s grace in your grief
An Interview with Elizabeth W. D. Groves On February 5, 2007, J. Alan Groves, professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, lost a battle with melanoma. His wife, Elizabeth, eventually wrote about their yearlong struggle in Grief Undone: A Journey with God and Cancer.1 She graciously shared with us some of what she learned through their horrible trial. We … [Read more...]
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