Monthly Archives: February 2010
It’s a Med, Med, Med, Med World!
What are psychiatric medications? Psychiatric medications treat mental disorders. Sometimes called psychotropic or psychotherapeutic medications, they have changed the lives of people with mental disorders for the better. Many people with mental disorders live fulfilling lives with the help of these medications. Without them, people with mental disorders might suffer serious and disabling symptoms. How [...]
Living as a Sexual Abuse Survivor
The problem of childhood sexual abuse is not new. Millions of adults bear the emotional scars, and continue to secretly carry the emotional burden, of abuse that occurred twenty, thirty, or even forty years ago. It is common for clients in their 40’s to come to counseling and say “I have never told this to [...]
My Heart’s Prayer for this New Day
Eternal Father, you alone fully know my past and the deeds I have done. I ask that you remove from my burdened mind the guilt and darkness of those days. Having been set free from this pain, I earnestly want you to direct my steps. The future belongs to you and there is nothing more [...]
Moonlight’s Moment
Archibald Wright “Moonlight” Graham (November 10 1879 – August 25 1965) was an American professional baseball player who appeared as a right fielder in a single major league game for the New York Giants on June 29, 1905. His story was popularized by “Shoeless Joe,” a novel by W. P. Kinsella, and the subsequent 1989 film, ”Field [...]
Olympic Sized Hearts
Seven laws for running the Christian race. Run to win: “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize” (1 Corinthians 9:24-25). Observe strict discipline: “Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training… I [...]
Lost Sheep: A Love that Will Pursue You
We live in difficult times, and it is easy to lose your way. I have discovered that Christian believers can be as broken and lost as anyone. The One who shepherds our souls is working to retrieve us and bring us to safety, looks for us and brings us home. I really like the following passage, especially [...]
Ancient Prayers for Modern Saints
The Lord’s Prayer 9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11Give us this day our daily bread. 12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13And lead us not into [...]