Search Results for: pastors
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Pastoral Burnout: Who’s at Fault… the Pastor or the Church?
Michael MacKenzie, D.Min., and Kari MacKenzie, D.Min. This article was originally published June 2016 as a CounselEd article, a monthly research article that is one of AACC’s presidential level member benefits. Charles was the senior pastor of a large and growing church. He had been in ministry for 20 years, so he knew the ropes; yet […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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Created for Covering: Covering vs. Controlling
Robert Shaw, D.Min. Excerpted with permission from Created for Covering: Understanding the Concept of Safety and Covering in Relationships for Men and Women. Over the years, I have had several men come to me saying what amounts to this: “My wife has been asking me to lead the family and take care […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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Created for Covering: Responsibility
Robert Shaw, D.Min. Excerpted with permission from Created for Covering: Understanding the Concept of Safety and Covering in Relationships for Men and Women. As Adam’s covering, God was responsible to instruct him in the way he was to go, and then provide him with what was needed to get there. The Scriptures […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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It Takes a Church
T.J. Gentry, D.Min. “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” – Galatians 6:2 “What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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Stepping Stones of Loss, Grief, and Growth in Stepfamilies
Janet Nicholas, LPC LCDC EAP Stepfamilies are created because of a loss. Death, divorce, or the ending of a relationship happens before a new marriage begins. Step-couples have many hopes and dreams for a second chance and are not anticipating the loss and grief dynamics that inevitably surface during stepfamily formation. The juxtaposition of the […]
By THE AACC, 7 years ago
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Created for Covering: Covering for Men
Robert Shaw, D.Min. Excerpted with permission from Created for Covering: Understanding the Concept of Safety and Covering in Relationships for Men and Women. The concept of covering can be also expressed by the term “headship”, but many might recoil at this term. The idea of submission is also a chronic conflict within […]
By THE AACC, 7 years ago
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Where Are You?
Robert Shaw, D.Min. Excerpted with permission from Created for Significance: Discovering Who Defines Us and How We Obtain our Significance. I believe that there are essentially six core longings: love, safety, understanding, belonging, purpose, and significance. Regardless of culture, ethnicity, age, or gender, these core longings exist in every human spirit. […]
By THE AACC, 7 years ago
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What's in a Name?
Robert Shaw, D.Min. Excerpted with permission from Created for Significance: Discovering Who Defines Us and How We Obtain our Significance. Names today, especially exotic names, have become very trendy. Many of these names are given because of their meanings. Exotic names also are given to gain the spotlight, often especially for […]
By THE AACC, 7 years ago
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No Other Gods Before Me
Robert Shaw, D.Min. Excerpted with permission from Created for Significance: Discovering Who Defines Us and How We Obtain our Significance. Have you ever wondered why God hates idolatry so much? The very first of the Ten Commandments says, “You shall have no other gods before Me” (Ex. 20:3). He is making it […]
By THE AACC, 7 years ago
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The Identity Theft Problem
Robert Shaw, D.Min. Excerpted with permission from Created for Significance: Discovering Who Defines Us and How We Obtain our Significance. Over the last several years, many of us have had to deal with a problem that can be directly related to the high technology aspects of our time. In the past, theft […]