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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,…
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Blessed Veterans Day (& Please remember to pray for our troops and their families!)
Blessed Veterans Day to all of our veterans! Please take a minute or two to read AND PRAY THROUGH this excellent post. It’s a great guide to pray for our troops and their families. Gratefully, Tara B.
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If only I had known …
I could have avoided SO many conflicts and better communicated my (GENUINE!) love for people if ONLY I had known this in my 20’s: (Wow. That’s a LOT of wisdom, eh?) Oh–and did you know that John Piper is also an INTJ? “INTJs are usually difficult to get to know well, and difficult to get close to.” Yup. That’s me. Difficult. But I would’ve been a little LESS difficult if back THEN I knew 1/100th of what I know now and 1/1,000,000th of what John Piper has forgotten in his lifetime. Hope your Monday is going well– Yours, Tara B. (HT: TakeYourVitaminZ!)
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Hope we put this in our chapter on shame …
I can’t remember if we included it or not–but I sure hope that we have Isaiah 62 in our chapter on “shame” (in Peacemaking Women). I was re-reading it again this weekend, praying it for myself, for our church, for The Church, for a friend–and I was struck by just how much this passage of scripture emphasizes the aspects of the gospel that speak directly to our temptation to ungodly shame: – A new name that the Lord bestows. – A crown of beauty, glorious. – No longer Forsaken and Desolate because now? The Lord’s Delight is in Her. – Sought Out. A City No Longer Forsaken. I don’t know…
