Juliet Caceres, Psy.D. Lent is a time of preparation. During the 40 days of Lent, we identify with the time Jesus entered the wilderness. Lent is a time of dying to the self because new beginnings require a letting go of the old in order to embrace the new, much like...
How To Cultivate The Power of Peace Within The Church
Lisa Murray, M.A., LMFT Peace. Everyone wants peace. Global peace. Racial peace. Peace within our families and peace within our hearts. We want relief from our brokenness, healing from our pain. In our efforts to find peace, we grasp at everything around us—our...
Who Is The Least of These?
Sandy Egle, M.S. The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ - Matthew 25:40 I want to challenge us to think about who is the “least of these”. I believe that the answer to this...
Christian Counseling – Treating the Disease rather than the Symptoms
Joshua Spaulding Christian leaders dedicate their lives to the advancement of the gospel. The gospel is the power of God for salvation (Romans 1:16). The "salvation" referred to in the first chapter of Romans (and throughout the Scriptures) is spiritual. It is the...
When You Love Someone Who is Facing Addiction
Chemical dependence is occurring at epidemic proportions in the world in which we live. During President Obama’s recent and final State of the Union address, he spent some of those precious moments discussing the topic of addiction and the effects it has and...
Dr. Tim Jennings: Champion of Health Award
Dr. Jennings has been named a Champion of Health by True Health Broadcasting Network in association with Health Institute for Preventive Care, Access, Research and Education (HIPCARE) and True Health TV and will be presented with the “Legacy Champion of Health”...
Taking in God’s Love
Juliet Caceres, PsyD. February is the month of love. What better time to contemplate the source of all love and to consider His extraordinary love for us? A “love” scripture often quoted is Song of Solomon 6:31: “I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.” What...
Lessons for the Clinician through the Steps of AA
Raymond Alvarez, MS, LCSW As I began working in the field of substance abuse, I learned that addiction and Christianity have more in common than one might think. Four years ago, I was asked, “Why substance abuse?” At the time I shared that it is nice to work in a...
A Special Place with God
Julie Woodley, M.A. This place. This place that God has me in; this vulnerable, dependent space where I find pure beauty and joy has awakened my heart to do something more. It reminds me that the world is dying to know and experience this kind of extravagant love as...