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We can always be certain of this: in the midst of all manner of uncertainty, Jesus desires for us to be close to him and find security in joining his radical, self-sacrificing love for others.

I will be continuing a series of posts about prayer, meditation, and mindfulness, but felt like interrupting with a note of encouragement for those who are or have been discouraged in prayer. Do you ever feel like God is not answering your prayers? You ask,…

Meditation is a thoroughly biblical practice. A classic text is Joshua 1:8: “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is…

Today, most of my clients will, sooner or later, hear me talk about prayer, meditation, mindfulness, and various relaxation exercises. As a Christian counselor frequently working with Christian clients, I often wonder what assumptions my clients have about those words and practices. Unfortunately they can…

...when our thoughts are disconnected from our feelings, and when our brains are disconnected from our bodies (or as some would put it, when our head brain is disconnected from our body/somatic brain), we become either rigid or chaotic, unable to process our current reality…

“Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw…