Cuando Kristi y yo hicimos nuestro entrenamiento para el certificado de dirección espiritual de dos años con el Instituto de Liderazgo en 2007 completamos una serie de registros de lectura de los libros que leimos. Esta es una herramienta útil para el estudio de un libro y la grabación de sus citas favoritas. Hemos incorporado…
We all want to experience more joy in life. Jesus prays this for us, asking the Father for us to have the fullness of his joy (John 15:11, 17:13). Fullness of joy! His joy! That’s a lot of joy! What can we do if we’re experiencing a lack of joy? How do we experience a…
These books are part of our TLC program in “Spiritual Formation and Soul Care Ministry.” TLC stands for “To Love Christ” because that is our purpose in life and it is our power to love others.
Here’s a little tool that offers BIG help for resolving conflicts in marriage and other relationships: “When You Do ‘A’ I Feel ‘B.’” It’s a method for “speaking the truth in love”(Ephesians 4:15). Kristi and I have used this approach for many years personally and in our marriage counseling with couples. (Also Henry Cloud and…
Some people who seek help with personal struggles from a counselor get help resolving their problems while others do not. Some clients in psychotherapy overcome depression and anxiety. Some couples in marriage counseling resolve their differences. Some alcoholics in AA learn to live sober and healthy lives. Some people being discipled by their pastor learn…
Early in my graduate training to become a psychologist I offered counseling to a young female undergraduate student with my professor and class watching and listening behind a one way mirror. This was nerve-wracking! I was worried about how well I’d perform in front of my teacher and peers. I was so anxious that it…
Yesterday on my Sabbath day I read a little book by the early 19th Century Scottish preacher Robert Murray McCheyne, The Deeper Life. He died at the young age of 29, but he brought many souls to Christ in his short life and his words continue do so nearly two centuries later. His simple reading…
Estoy en el medio de escribir un libro, cuyo título provisional es Presiona para estar cerca de Jesús. Se basa en lo que he aprendido acerca de la espiritualidad centrada en Cristo y el ministerio de Dallas Willard y está escrito especialmente para los pastores y líderes de ministerios/consejeros. Me gustaría compartir con ustedes un…
Today it’s common for cultural leadership models and motives to overtake our Christian churches and organizations so that the way we do what we do is not the way of Jesus and his Apostles. It breaks my heart when I see pastors (and other Christian leaders) lacking in confidence and calling from God when they…
“Love is the fountain of life, and the soul which does not drink from it cannot be called alive.” These are the ancient words of Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153), a great lover of God and considered the last of the Church Fathers. Bernard was Cistercian monk and followed very strict disciplines. He chose to…