Transformed Mind

Father God, I pray peace emerges from the chaos that has engulfed the community of Newton, CT.  I pray you send your angels to comfort and minister to all who are involved and hurting. I pray your counsel will aid those in the process of grieving and allow healing to emerge.  In Jesus name I pray, Amen. During this tragic time I would like to offer some counsel on how to talk to children about traumatic events.  I want to be succinct and simple. ·       First and foremost, we must love them like there’s no tomorrow.   Physical touch like hugs and snuggles brings comfort and security to a now uncertain world.   ·       In this uncertainty, try to maintain a routine as best as possible.   This also brings a sense of safety and familiarity, which will help them cope better.   ·       Listen to your child, what are they saying, what are they not saying? It may be d...

Sorry it has been so long since my last post, but I have my reasons. The biggest reason is that my beautiful wife Elizabeth and myself flew out to Colorado where I officiated a wedding for a couple that attend the church we all go to.  It was quite the experience... I had been doing premarital counseling with the couple for about 10 weeks and during the last session I read through the message I was going to orate, so that they could actually hear what I would say and internalize it without the pressure of being on the altar, tears streaming, and hundreds of people staring. I also went through the rest of the ceremony so it wouldn't be a total surprise.  Well, being the perfectionist that I am I tend to write out the prayers beforehand too.  The bride however, being the prayer warrior she is, mentioned that it would be ok to also just "let the Spirit lead" me.  This comment was specifically directed at the laying of hands portion.  What!?  Go off scrip...

Quote from a psychiatrist named Dr. James Fischer, made after 50 years of mental health experience. It was excerpted from A Few buttons Missing  (1951, p. 273): "If you were to take the sum total of all authoritative articles ever  written by the most qualified of psychologists and psychiatrists on  the subject of mental hygiene; and if you were to combine them and  refine them and cleave out the excess verbiage; and if you were to  take the whole of the meat and none of the bones; and if you were to have these unadulterated bits of pure scientific knowledge concisely  expressed by the most capable of living poets; you would have an  awkward and incomplete summation of the teachings of Christ,  particularly the Sermon On The Mount; and it would suffer immeasurably  in comparison."