Tag: counseling
Importance of Life (Small) Group Community
At Grace Point, we thrive as a ministry on our Life Group ministry. The importance of getting together as a group of peers with a passion to hold each other accountable, breathe life and love to each other and to both cheer and weep with each other cannot be overstated. I know our students grow […]
Back to School
After 11 years of putting off my Master’s degree the time to pursue it is now. Though the following take up a lot of my time; husband, father of 3 and full-time student ministry, I feel it is vitally important to take this next step now. Three things have helped make this decision: A church, […]
Are You Listening
Clinton and Ohlschlager, in their book, Competent Christian Counseling, share six (6) ways that listening is done poorly: Inadequate listening. Becoming easily distracted. Tuning out! Evaluative or judgmental listening. Instead of JUST listening, sometimes we listen to tear apart or to constantly evaluate. Filtered listening. Picking out ONLY what we want to hear and not […]