Postpone Obsessing
POSTPONE OBSESSING The Rationale – if you respond to your obsessions by attempting to get rid of them instantly, to have them gone NOW and FOREVER, you will probably fail […]
The God-Centered Life
The God-Centered Life – Colossians 1:9-14It doesn’t matter if you are walking, running, biking, skiing (water skiing that is) if our center of gravity is off we will stumble and […]
FORGIVENESS IN ADDICTION RECOVERY
The idea of forgiveness can stir up a lot of emotions in a person but for someone who is struggling with an addiction, forgiveness can be a heavy topic. If […]
Overcoming Broken Dreams
Overcoming broken dreams or driving while looking at rearview mirror Broken dreams, everybody has them, but sadly most people have trouble resolving them. Picking our way through a field of […]
“Preach to Yourself “
“Preach to yourself” by D. Martyn Lloyd-JonesRead Psalm 42“Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead […]
Golden Rule of Relational Empowerment
Renewing the Relationship
“Relationship Empowerment” “The New Rules of Marriage” by Terry Real Your expectations of what an intimate relationship is – emotional sharing, mutual support, responsibility, vitality – belongs a new kind of […]
Serenity Prayer
by Richard Niebuhr “God give me grace to accept with serenity the things that I cannot change, Courage to change the things which should be change, and the Wisdom to […]
The Way of Tenderness
“Reflections for Ragamuffins” Brennan Manning February 6 2024 Brennan writes: “The betrayals and infidelities of my life are too numerous to count. I still cling to the illusion that I must be […]
Jehovah Rapha “The God who Heals”
In Psalm 147, the Psalmist encourages us to praise the Lord, and in the following two verses he gives us three reasons for doing so. The first reason is that the […]
Norman J. Townsend, LMHC/LMFT 