Have you ever been between a rock and a hard place? You know those places where the pains so great everything inside you just wants to quit. As a counselor, I regularly talk with people about quitting — quitting their marriages, jobs, children, friends, relationships, hobbies and their dreams. All the conversations are different and…
To judge or not to judge is a question all eventually will confront. Let’s face it, the days of parachute pants and leg warmers are long gone. Likewise, small-town USA is no longer a shelter from a shrinking world full of powerful messages screaming for us to draw lines in the sand. That was then…
Jul 16, 2017 How we see things may be more important than what we see. Perspectives are paramount. Many times, what we think we see is shaped by powerful influences that win out in the end. Take, for example, studies conducted in an elementary school south of San Francisco by Harvard professor Robert Rosenthal. He…
Promote healing by practicing hospitality Column by T.J. Kimble Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 10:53 pm (Updated: November 21, 2016) Hurt is universal. Humanity has been born for troubles as sure as sparks fly upward. There is plenty of pain for everyone on the planet. Whether a sickness takes a child away, a tragedy ends…
Have you ever found yourself holding onto something you thought was real, but in the end wasn’t real at all? Life’s funny. You think something’s true and based on that you build your whole world. What do you do when face to face with someone who exposes a giant, faulty belief, with nothing but the…