I said I will always love [my daughter] Hannah, but I didn’t always like Hannah,” shares Rhonda. “Anything I asked her to do, she wanted to do the opposite. She was angry at life. She was not a pleasant child at all. “The emotional outbursts—it was hard. I had to come to a place where I would have to say to her, ‘You need to go into another room; we can’t talk about this … [Read more...]
Helping people renew their minds
Helping people think differently is a big part of helping them grow spiritually. But how do you move from making people aware of the need to change the way they think to giving them the skills to do it? This week’s Care Issue shows you how, plus you can read articles that explain how to use those principles when helping someone who is in conflict and how to help someone who … [Read more...]
Conflict resolution: When you only have part of the story
As Proverbs 18:17b says, “The first to speak seems right, until someone comes forward and cross-examines.” Or as my friend Daniel likes to say, “There’s no pancake so thin that it doesn’t have two sides.” For example, you’ve probably counseled: A parent whose teenage son refuses to come in to meet with you A church member who has conflict with out-of-state … [Read more...]
Parenting God’s way
Bad kids? Or bad parents? Sometimes it’s both. This week’s Care Issue helps you equip parents to improve their parenting skills so that they can solve their parenting problems—and stop causing new ones. Plus, learn how to prepare deacons and small group leaders in your church to give better parenting advice, because parenting experience doesn’t always equate to parenting … [Read more...]
“Pastor, help! My child doesn’t listen to me!”
“We don’t know what else to do with our son. He just doesn’t listen to us.” And that’s your cue to dispense advice that resolves this frazzled couple’s parenting crisis. So, what do you say? Before you answer, know this: these parents discipline their son Brian. Nothing crazy, they just administer consistent and appropriate consequences for bad behavior. When Brian … [Read more...]
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