I recently had a couple of conversations with a man about relationships between women. In one conversation he talked about his young daughter and her best friend and their love/hate relationship with one another, and in the other he mentioned the ever complex friendships between his wife and her friends. In both conversations he eventually [...]
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Myth of the Mean Girl: Living without Masks
Posted in relationships, Women's Ministry, Youth Ministry, tagged Gossip Girls, masks, Mean Girls, mentoring, Real Housewives, reality tv, relationships, Seminary, Sin, transparency, women on July 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A Pastor’s Heart: Guest Post
Posted in Christianity, relationships, Women's Ministry, Youth Ministry on April 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This is a post from my friend Brian Miller. He and I work together as teachers and he, like myself, is also involved in ministry work outside of our school. Brian has previously served as a Youth Pastor, and he wrote this several weeks ago while thinking about many of his students who, like nearly [...]
Equal Standing, Different Roles
Posted in Culture and Worldview, Women's Ministry, tagged biblical womanhood, complementarian, egalitarian, Galatians 3, Gender roles, Rob Bell on April 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Rob Bell’s book Love Wins has begun countless conversations in the last month or so concerning myriad topics of faith: salvation, damnation, God’s love vs. God’s wrath, Christian fellowship, heresy… the list could go on and on. But this morning I came across a blog discussing a portion of Rob’s theology that has not been [...]
Jesus and Suicide
Posted in Biblical Counseling, Women's Ministry, Youth Ministry, tagged depression, Hebrews 4, Hopeline, John 10, Matthew 4, Psalm 91, suicide, teens, temptation on March 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple 6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest [...]
Be Still, My Soul
Posted in Biblical Counseling, Christianity, Women's Ministry, tagged Be Still my soul, comfort, encouragement, grief, loss, suffering on March 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Such rich theology, comfort and knowledge can be found in old hymns. I had a sweet time of fellowship around a piano last night with two dear friends. They were preparing for an upcoming retreat where they are leading the worship, and they allowed me to sit in on their planning and rehearsing. While they [...]
