Articles
The Evil Within
A number of years ago there was a column in the local newspaper written by a psychologist. The column was what one would expect as it dealt with the problems common to people, like depression, anxiety, relationships and so forth. Since the psychologist did not...
IABC Conference, August 2017
Recently, I rejoined the I.A.B.C. (International Association of Biblical Counselors) and attended the conference in Denver, Colorado on August 3-5. I was blessed by the experience and impressed with the certification ministry that I was first certified with many...
The Heart of Domestic Abuse {Book Review}
The Heart of Domestic Abuse by Chris Moles I first heard Chris Moles speak on domestic abuse in Lafayette, IN at Faith Baptist Church during a training conference for the ACBC (Association of Christian Biblical Counselors) an organization, which I’m a certified...
A Show Worth Watching
Last week, there was a special showing of Is Genesis History? in movie theaters. I became aware of it rather late so my ability to encourage people to watch it was quite limited. However, Kim and I did go and found it to be very well done in every way. If I had...
Parenting the Old Fashioned Way
A few years ago I was taking my then 3-year-old grandson down to the lake to fish. A man approached me from our condo association and struck up a conversation that went on for about twenty minutes. My grandson patiently sat down on the grass and uttered not a word...
Why Marriage Fails
I am writing this on the occasion of my wife’s and mine 42nd wedding anniversary. By today’s standards we married quite young. She was 19 and I was barely 21. We have one son and daughter-in-law and three precious grandchildren. God has blessed us beyond measure,...