The Digital Invasion: Understanding Internet Addiction Disorder

Dr. Sylvia Hart Frejd This week, we’re excited to feature a blog series by Dr. Sylvia Hart Frejd, co-author with her father Dr. Arch Hart of the soon to be released title, The Digital Invasion: How Technology is Shaping You and Your Relationships. Whether you work in a clinical, pastoral, or lay care-giving setting, Dr. Frejd’s [...]

Unmasking Shame: Raising Awareness for Mental Health

Laurel Shaler, Ph.D. May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. Actually, it has been for over 60 years. Surprised? Me too. It’s not something we talk about every day…particularly in some church settings. Tragically, the topic of mental health has long been taboo. The National Institute of Mental Health states that a full 25% of [...]

Do you want to be healed?

38 years in a bed. Next to a pool. Sounds relaxing doesn't it? But as we read on, the story says the man was alone and horribly crippled. Probably twisted feet, pencil thin legs and atrophied muscles barely covered by a thin blanket. Why? Because this was the pool of Bethesda near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem. There was something miraculous about this pool. Periodically the water stirred, and the first one into it was instantly healed. Suddenly a commotion just inside the ...

Where Are Our Clients? Spiritual Assessment in Counseling

Elias Moitinho, Ph.D., LPC-S, LMFT, BCPCC Assessment is an essential element in counseling. The purpose of assessment is to determine the problems or issues individuals and families are facing and the possible factors that might be creating, contributing to, or exacerbating the problem. Multidimensional or biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment seeks to understand clients’ symptoms and to determine [...]

Embracing the Goodness of God

Tim Jennings, M.D. Throughout the past week, we have examined the power of belief—the significant impact our view of God holds upon us. In The God-Shaped Brain, I go into detail showing how our view of God changes our brain structure and even gene expression. It really does matter what view of God we hold. [...]

Mother

"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” -Abraham Lincoln “Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children." -Billy Graham "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her." -George Washing...

The Battle Between Conflicting Views About God

Tim Jennings, M.D. This week, we’re excited to feature a blog series by Dr. Tim Jennings, author of the newly-released title, The God-Shaped Brain: How Changing Your View of God Transforms Your Life. Whether you work in a clinical, pastoral, or lay care-giving setting, Dr. Jennings’ insights about spirituality and neurobiology have both personal and professional [...]

God, the Brain, and What Went Wrong

The God-Shaped Brain

Our Father Who Art in Heaven

Lea Carawan Executive Director, Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation “Fasting and prayer are religious exercises; the enjoining them, an act of discipline. Every religious society has a right to determine for itself, the time for these exercises, and the objects proper for them, according to their own particular tenets; and right can never be safer than in [...]

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