Kristi y yo tenemos el privilegio de orar por pastores y consejeros. Tenemos el honor de participar con Jesús en su ministerio y hacer lo que podamos para ayudarlos a que no se agoten, que se mantengan fuerte en la gracia de Dios en la difícil tarea de ministerio. El Pastor Joe Johnson es uno…
Years ago I was responsible for training volunteer telephone counselors for an international Christian ministry. We were getting 150 calls a day from adults and teenagers who were in crisis, hurting in some other way, or needing prayer. Some of the young people who called were struggling with cutting themselves. This frightened some of our…
Muchos líderes de ministerios y ministros de Cristo que nos ayudan han sido objeto de abusos en el pasado. Algunos sufrieron abuso físico, verbal. Otros fueron violados sexualmente. Muchos sufrieron con juicios severos de un padre. Trágicamente, los sobrevivientes de abuso tienden a perpetuar el dolor de la forma en que fueron maltratados con la…
“I’ve never talked to a ca-counselor before,” Cassandra (not her real name) stuttered. She continued, “I’ve been living with my boyfriend the last couple of months. We’ve been dating almost a year. Well, two months ago my daughter and I moved in with him. Oh, how I regret that decision,” Cassandra started sobbing behind the…
What does the Bible teach about responding to abuse? There’s a lot of confusion on this. God’s wisdom is uncommon today. On the one extreme, some people suffer from depression, fear, and shame because they think that as Christians they should tolerate or even submit to abuse. This is a misunderstanding of the Bible! God does…