by mcl | Sep 3, 2014 | Columns, Let's Talk It Over, Relationships
By Will McNeese, LPC, LMFTA In my life, I find myself vacillating between two extreme modes of operating. One is to relentlessly beat myself up over my mistakes and failures. I am quite skilled at this. All manner of mistakes feeds this mode of operating equally. I...
by mcl | Aug 22, 2014 | Columns, Let's Get Real, Relationships
It’s not even almost, but completely, clichéd the way we set out at the beginning of every year to become new people. My resolutions over the last decade have largely remained the same—to exercise, to stop raising my voice at my children, to read my Bible more...
by mcl | Jul 30, 2014 | Columns, Let's Talk It Over, Relationships
By Molly Meeks, LPC, NCC The current trend of multitasking has caused many of us to get sucked into a chaotic lifestyle. Sometimes we find ourselves repeating the same pattern of behavior even though it isn’t working or is holding us back. Maybe you realize that you...
by mcl | Jun 25, 2014 | Chewed Petunias, Columns
By Susan E. Richardson “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our...
by mcl | Jun 23, 2014 | Columns, Let's Talk It Over
By Charles Boudreaux “Mary Margaret, I receive you as a precious gift from God. I pledge to give myself to you as Christ gave Himself for the church, His bride. I pledge to build a home together under God’s leadership and for His glory. I covenant before God and these...
by mcl | Apr 24, 2014 | Columns, Modern Motherhood, Relationships
By Robin O’Bryant At what age will it be creepy for my kids to wake up in the middle of the night to find me sitting on the edge of their beds staring at them? It’s part of my nightly routine, after walking through the house locking doors, flipping off lights...