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Thoughts on Love, Fear, Shame and God — Part III
By Robert Gottlieb: Shame and fear are like a fungus. They live off of garbage, thrive in the darkness and begin to grow on you over time. Whether it be to a teacher, brother, sister, boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse, or to God -- admitting weaknesses and needs is hard and takes courage. But it’s only through practicing courage and through being vulnerable that we can develop courage. It’s much easier initially to simply [...]
How to Confront the Silent Treatment: Turning an Uncomfortable Few Days Into an Uncomfortable Hour
How often, when fighting with your spouse, do you find yourself shutting down? Going off to sulk for awhile? Avoiding all contact with them and giving in to that silly routine so commonly referred to as “giving them the silent treatment”? We’ve participated in this routine since we were children: our siblings would poke or prod at us and we would, in response, withdraw and ignore them in a purposeful [...]
Thoughts on Love, Fear, Shame and God – Part II
By: Robert Gottlieb For Part I of this article, click here. When I was younger, I had a difficult time comprehending many subjects in school, especially math and science. Coming from a family in which my grandfather is a chemical engineer, my oldest brother a meteorologist, my other brother a civil engineer and my father gifted in black arts of electrical engineering, I sort of expected I’d at least be [...]
Christian Perfectionism Part II
When you struggle with making changes in your life, do you ask God to help you? In Part II of "Christian Perfectionism", Grant discusses the partnership between you and God when it comes to making change.
Putting a Stop to the Stupor: The Effects of Video Games on Children
We live every day in the hustle and bustle of a busy society. With parents often working full time or beyond full-time hours, kids being shuffled here and there, a house to maintain, meals to cook, family and friends to keep up with, etc. – life gets just plain exhausting. We also live in a society that provides an easy solution to getting a little “R&R” time away from the [...]
How to Help Your Children Process Difficult Incidents
In light of the recent news coming out of Wheaton North High School affecting our teens and community, we’d like to provide the parents of local students some pointers for talking with your children about this incident, as well as other situations which may or have arisen within their classes, peer groups or in other areas of life. We have included a list of helpful tips below, and we also [...]