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Our History
Attending to the needs and issues of hurting people today is complex, and at times , overwhelming. As today’s generations search for purpose, meaning and value, many are experiencing a pervasive sense of emptiness and loneliness. And why shouldn’t they? In a world flooded with distresses like divorce, father absence, rampant sexual abuse, terrorism, […]
By JEVAN FLEENOR, 7 years ago
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A Manual or Immanuel?
Eric Scalise, Ph.D. Robert Frost, well-known Pulitzer Prize winning poet, captured this thought: “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” Not only did God love the creation that bore His image, He put within the heart and spirit of humankind the need and the capacity to both love others and to be […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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Lay Counseling and the Local Church
Dr. Eric Scalise We are surrounded and often consumed by our fast-paced, push-button, instant-everything world. Anxiety and depression, substance abuse, marital conflicts, sexual addiction, domestic violence, child abuse, unwanted pregnancy—and the list could go on—are far too commonplace. The truth is that people are hurting and the church is hurting. The Apostle Paul said, […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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Effective Recovery Strategies from Toxins That Impact Mental Health
Linda Harriss, RN, LPC As a child in the 60’s, part of my memories of summer fun includes the fogging trucks that slowly drove through our neighborhoods in an attempt to kill mosquitoes. My siblings, friends, and I would follow along behind the trucks as they spewed DDT and other toxic chemicals […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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Created for Covering: Covering vs. Controlling
Robert Shaw, D.Min. Excerpted with permission from Created for Covering: Understanding the Concept of Safety and Covering in Relationships for Men and Women. Over the years, I have had several men come to me saying what amounts to this: “My wife has been asking me to lead the family and take care […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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Where Are You?
Robert Shaw, D.Min. Excerpted with permission from Created for Significance: Discovering Who Defines Us and How We Obtain our Significance. I believe that there are essentially six core longings: love, safety, understanding, belonging, purpose, and significance. Regardless of culture, ethnicity, age, or gender, these core longings exist in every human spirit. […]
By THE AACC, 7 years ago
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For the Love of Zombie Teens and their Parents
David L. Henderson, MD Raising teenagers can be scary, yet parents possess the power to affect positive change in their child’s life. When it comes to a struggling teenager—especially the undead, zombie-like adolescent living in the next bedroom—the fears that parents harbor lead them to enact many of the same defense mechanisms and cognitive distortions […]
By THE AACC, 7 years ago
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The Case for Faith: Celebrating Hope in Mental Health Care
Tim Clinton, Ed.D., and Eric Scalise, Ph.D. Spirituality is mysterious, but real. It has offered countless millions a place of refuge, solace, comfort, hope and a deeper sense of purpose and meaning—especially in times of tragedy or crisis where grief and despair crouch at the doorstep of the soul seeking to rob a […]
By THE AACC, 8 years ago
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More than a Statistic
Molly-Catherine K. Goodson, M.A., J.D. In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The pain of people impacted by domestic violence can be difficult to imagine. Yet even when it seems that there is no hope for change and help, God’s promises still ring true. When no one else […]
By THE AACC, 8 years ago
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Mental Health and the Church
Mikel Kelly, M.A. Someone once said that “necessity is the mother of invention.” What this proverb tells us is that when something is not working ― it needs to be changed. Such is the impetus of all movements both spiritual and political. Early in our nation’s history, our founding fathers concluded the same thing about […]