Does God Test Us? I suffer from test anxiety and have all my academic life. The fear of failure and judgement have led to severe angst on occasion. After all, I am just me and who wants a grade that challenges who we think we are? While the thought of God testing us can stir feelings, this is a reasonable question that if we are honest, we can … [Read more...]
The Graduate Assent
Someone needs this. Things did not go as planned, perhaps your world is shattered, and the many broken pieces seem impossible to gather, let alone seek to mend. There is hope. Affliction More times than I wish to recount and a complete listing is not needed. I do know brokenness, grief, shattered life, moral injury, and suffice to say have … [Read more...]
How to Help Teens In Grief
Threatened Loss One of the hardest losses of life is the threatened loss. The possibility is real, and the probability inevitable. But how do we equip the next generation to learn functional skills of resiliency when many so many adults are walking around wounded and struggling themselves? Dysfunction breeds dysfunction. Adolescence is hard … [Read more...]
