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    Sane Faith in the Insanity of Life (David Powlison)

    I’m rereading some of my old CCEF Journal of Biblical Counseling articles (on good old fashioned paper) and I’m also beginning to get acquainted with their online library. This classic series from David Powlison is on the CCEF website and I encourage you to slowly read and process it, especially if, like me, you are convicted that some areas of your life are in need of serious change: Sane Faith in the Insanity of Life In it, he discusses five people struggling with various challenges in life: “Each of these five stories describes a person who needs help in order to face up, to deal, to change. But these people…

  • Relationships & Peacemaking

    Forgiving even your husband’s murderer? (Forgiving “just as in Christ, you have been forgiven …”?)

    The call to forgive is found throughout the Old and New Testament. Consider just a few examples: “Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” Ephesians 4:31-32 “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Colossians 3:12-13 “Then Peter came up and said to him, ‘Lord, how often will my brother sin against…

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    What To Do When Your Flight is Canceled Because of Weather

    I am currently stuck in New York City, trying hard to make my way home to Montana from Florida. (Yes. Yes. I know that’s not a geographically-efficient routing, but that’s air travel! What can you do?) Last night, a giant snow and ice storm paralyzed all of the New York airports and as I watched the activity at my gate, it struck me that most of the people I was observing had no idea what to do. One little old lady even came up to me, shaking with anger and fear (fearful people often present as angry people), and asked if I was on the Cincinnati flight—a flight that had been…