The Identity Theft Problem

by | Jan 12, 2017 | Recent Research

Robert Shaw, D.Min.     Excerpted with permission from Created for Significance: Discovering Who Defines Us and How We Obtain our Significance.   Over the last several years, many of us have had to deal with a problem that can be directly related to the...

A Love Like That

by | Jan 3, 2017 | Weekly Devotionals

Tim Clinton, Ed.D. “God created marriage. No government subcommittee envisioned it. No social organization developed it. Marriage was conceived and born in the mind of God.”  -Max Lucado “We must never be naïve enough to think of marriage as a safe harbor from the...

Living in Relationship with God

by | Dec 28, 2016 | Recent Research

Steve Wright, M.A. I was sitting in church the other day and as I listened to the pastor expound about overcoming adversity, I had some thoughts of my own about how people grow. Spiritual development is about a person going from immature to mature. Immaturity is...

Emmanuel – God With Us

by | Dec 20, 2016 | Weekly Devotionals

Tim Clinton, Ed.D. “One of two things you must do; you must either receive Him or reject Him. You receive Him here and He will receive you there; you reject Him here and He will reject you there.” -D. L. Moody Anna. Rarely will you see her in a Christmas play.  Out of...

Don’t Miss This Christmas

by | Dec 19, 2016 | Weekly Devotionals

Tim Clinton, Ed.D. “And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their...

Wise Men Still Seek Him

by | Dec 17, 2016 | Weekly Devotionals

Tim Clinton, Ed.D. “If you’re sincerely seeking God, God will make His existence evident to you.” -William Lane Craig  A manger.  The baby Jesus.  Mary.  Joseph.  A star. No Christmas play would be complete without the three wise men. Matthew records the amazing...

Integrating Spirituality into Therapy

by | Dec 16, 2016 | Recent Research

Stephen Wright, M.A., LCPC, RDDP     There have been numerous studies validating the positive impact spirituality has on mental health and well-being (Brown, Carney, Parrish, & Klem, 2013; Galanter, Dermatis, Post, & Sampson, 2013; Starnino &...