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Summary of workshop, ‘This is Your Brain on Drugs’ by Dr. Mike Emlet (CCEF Conference Live Blog)
(I am writing these little summaries in between the live blog entries to let you know how Fred and I experienced the conference–and to give you just a flavor of the live blogs in case you were scared off by the 60,000 word count. 🙂 ) Back to last Friday afternoon (November 14) … Fred and I were tremendously blessed to get to meet Dr. Emlet at the devotional breakfast and I have to say that I was looking very forward to his workshop. It was more ‘technical’ than the other workshops and the plenary addresses—but I just loved it. Made me miss my cognitive psych classes (nature/nurture; brain functioning/chemical…
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CCEF Conference: This is Your Brain on Drugs (Dr. Mike Emlet)
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Summary of Ed Welch’s plenary ‘Addiction, Temptation & Voluntary Slavery’ (CCEF Conference Live Blog)
(I am writing these little summaries in between the live blog entries to let you know how Fred and I experienced the conference–and to give you just a flavor of the live blogs in case you were scared off by the 60,000 word count. 🙂 ) Back to Friday morning (November 14) … It was so great to gather as a group of almost 2,000! The worship was fantastic—I urge you to get to know the Getty’s if you don’t already know them. And the genuine love and respect shown by the CCEF staff members as they introduced one another added a degree of credibility to everything they did and…
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CCEF Conference: Live Blog of Dr. Ed Welch’s Plenary
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Summary of David Powlison’s “What is Biblical Counseling” (CCEF Conference Live Blog)
(I am writing these little summaries in between the live blog entries to let you know how Fred and I experienced the conference–and to give you just a flavor of the live blogs in case you were scared off by the 60,000 word count. 🙂 ) Fred came during the lunch break and stole me away for some (delicious!) Chik-Fil-A and nice conversation too. It’s so strange to be out together without Sophia—but good too, of course. We are both convicted that some of the struggles in our marriage in the last year or so have been increased by our not prioritizing time ‘as a couple’ (i.e., uninterrupted, adult conversation…
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CCEF Conference: What is Biblical Counseling (by David Powlison)
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Summary of Ed Welch’s Crossroads Addictions Curriculum (CCEF Conference Live Blog)
(I am writing these little summaries in between the live blog entries to let you know how Fred and I experienced the conference–and to give you just a flavor of the live blogs in case you were scared off by the 60,000 word count. 🙂 ) Back to our arrival (Wednesday, November 12) … I was so happy when Fred and I (finally!) made it to our hotel room. Strangely, the carpets were WET even though we were on the highest/concierge level—but it was obvious that they were wet because they had just been CLEANED. So it was strange but not too gross. (Well, except when I asked myself the…
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LiveBlog of CCEF Conference (Crossroads Addictions Curriculum by Ed Welch)
I’m here in Philadelphia and I have an internet connection (at least for today’s pre-conference sessions), so I’m excited to try my hand at my first Live Blog. I hope you’ll click in below and join in the fun! You can post questions or just say hello. (Please do! Because Fred and I would be blessed to know that even one other person is participating in this little adventure.) Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! I love you! See you on the LiveBlog– Happily, Tara B.
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Faith that is warming itself at the fire of God’s love …
How blessed I was by our small group last night. (Yes, yes, we didn’t cancel small group. I Clorox-wiped down everything and did my best to not share germs, but I thought it’d be OK to risk it since we weren’t “captive” in little rooms with little children sitting around little tables (like co-op would’ve been) … so I guess I DO fall somewhere in the middle of all of your excellent comments from yesterday. Thanks for those, by the way!) We’re continuing to study Galatians and last night we looked, in particular, at how the gospel turns us away from our idols. I’m assuming that most of my blog…
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Leave me in PEACE!
We had a (sad!) question posted over at PeaceGals and I’m HOPING that a few of you will pop on over and share your thoughts to encourage and help this woman. Here is a portion of my response: “Oh, Barbara!! I am SO sorry that you have experienced this. I bet that MANY of us could relate … – Unaware that someone is upset with us and growing MORE AND MORE upset with us with every passing day – One day, there is an EXPLOSION (in person, via email, in the “old days”–an actual LETTER) and the person UNLOADS on us – We hear about all of our failings, weaknesses,…