Weekly Devotionals
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Never Alone… an Audience of One: Practicing God’s Presence and Power
Never Alone… an Audience of One: Practicing God’s Presence and Power by Ian Jones, Ph.D., Ph.D. An Epidemic of Social Isolation and Loneliness Isolation and loneliness are harmful to your health. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reports that 20% of Americans feel socially […]
By AACC, 4 years ago
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Moving From Stress to Gratitude in the Covid-19 Era by Meditating on the Psalms
Moving From Stress to Gratitude in the Covid-19 Era by Meditating on the Psalms by Joshua Knabb, PSY.D., ABPP For the last several months, much of the world has been living in a season of uncertainty, filled with stress, anxiety, isolation, ambiguity, and unpredictability. In fact, there seems to be no real indication that the instability […]
By AACC, 4 years ago
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Leading Others Through Seasons of Fear
Leading Others Through Seasons of Fear by W. Jesse Gill, Psy.D Leading Others Through Seasons of Fear God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind. II Tim 1:7 (NKJV) A. Fear Basics What is fear? A survival response called the Fight or ______ Response. […]
By AACC, 4 years ago
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The Loneliness Epidemic: Research, Influence and It’s Effect on Everyone
The Loneliness Epidemic: Research, Influence and It’s Effect on Everyone by Mark Mayfield, Ph.D. I could see their lips moving, but the words were muffled. I leaned in, trying harder to hear what they were saying, even though I knew exactly what was being said. It felt like I was in one of those out-of-body experiences […]
By AACC, 4 years ago
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Social Distancing, Isolation, and How to Stay Healthy
Social Distancing, Isolation, and How to Stay Healthy by Chris Cambas, M.A., LMFT We are in unprecedented times with the outbreak of COVID-19, which has made it incredibly difficult for many to be alone. Many of us are working from home and keeping ourselves isolated to avoid becoming infected or potentially spreading the virus. However, […]
By AACC, 4 years ago
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The Answer to COVID Stress is not in the Fridge!
The Answer to COVID Stress is not in the Fridge! by Rhona Epstein, Psy.D., C.A.C. Social media sites are flooded these days with jokes about eating and weight gain during this difficult season. Countless memes joke about joining AA or Weight Watchers at the end of quarantine, there are pictures of obese Barbie dolls labelled […]
By AACC, 5 years ago
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Why is There a Need for Post-Abortive Counseling?
Why is There a Need for Post-Abortive Counseling? by Save the Storks In recent years, one of the loudest pro-choice narratives has been that “women do not regret their abortions.” We see movements such as “shout your abortion” where women are encouraged to brag about their abortions and how they don’t feel remorse. Celebrities like Alyssa […]
By AACC, 5 years ago
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Living with the Tension of Uncertainty
Living with the Tension of Uncertainty by Georgia Shaffer, MA, PCC For years I heard Christians talk about living by faith. I did not really grasp how to do that in my daily life until I heard Richard Rohr, a Franciscan priest, talk about this issue. He suggested that many Christians do not live by faith […]
By AACC, 5 years ago
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Anxiety and COVID-19
Anxiety and COVID-19 by Gary J. Oliver, Th.M., Ph.D. Being anxious doesn’t mean that you’re weak or unspiritual. It suggests that you are human. In fact, if you haven’t experienced some anxiety in the past several weeks that probably isn’t as much a sign of emotional and spiritual health as it is a sign of […]
By AACC, 5 years ago
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Teletherapy in a COVID-19 World
Teletherapy in a COVID-19 World by Dr. Mark Mayfield I don’t know about you, but over these past four weeks, I’ve been stretched and challenged in ways that I never expected. When I was a clinical mental health master’s student at Denver Seminary, I remember a professor telling me to embrace the ambiguity, which seemed […]