Real Faith Has Real Feelings
In my late 20’s I was like the woman of the old Enjoli perfume commercial who sings, “I can bring home the bacon, fry it…
Tag: False Self
Your Shadow Self and the Enneagram
You have a hidden shadow self based on your Enneagram type that is undermining your health, success, joy, and love. It operates in stealth by…
Failing Into Arms of Grace
Most of us use our successes to hide our sense of failure. We’d be better to fail into Jesus’ arms of grace. Fail? Yes. Let…
Humility is Not Thinking Less of Yourself
As Christians we may think we’re being humble by disregarding our emotions and needs to focus on other people. It’s not true and it doesn’t…
A Hurried Pastor Connects with Jesus
Let me tell you about a man I’ll call Eddie. Over the years I’ve talked with lots of people like him. Many of the pastors…
A Hidden Pastor Came Into the Light
“If we walk in the light, as [God] is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his…
The Precious Stone: a Story of Spiritual Direction
A holy and happy hermit came to the outskirts of a village and settled down under a tree for the night. He got out his…
Psychotherapy was a Gift of God’s Grace to Me
As a new parent, young ministry leader, and recently licensed Psychologist I was doing my best to serve Christ but I was struggling with anxiety…