Imagine a crowd gathering so dense that no one is able to see past the other. The sick, wounded, and diseased are all lined up to see this man called Jesus and experience his alleged miraculous power to heal. All but one. A paralytic man. Determined to no end, the men who loved him the most withdrew to the roof. Using what was assuredly a rather rickety set up, they lowered him to the very core of where the Saviour was operating. When Jesus saw this disease-ridden...
In the preface to the text, Terry and Shawn make reference to the intensive model of therapy. While the model does contain a rather intense process of therapy, it is important to fully explain how the intensive is intended to work, as the text aims to do much of the same.
The idea of an intensive is rather new in the world of therapy. An intensive normally consists of a small group of couples meeting in designated location for a certain period of time. Often intensives...
The title of the text, 5 Days to a New Marriage, implies makes several different claims.
Firstly the title suggests a rather shallow time frame to beginning a different way of living in marriage - DAYS, five to be exact. For the majority of marriages, it could be said that issues have to potential to arise in a matter of seconds - much less a matter of days. Husbands say yes when theirs wives expected them to say no. Wives inadvertently communicate a wrong message...
Every week I have the privilege of working with different churches and non-profit organizations, helping them find ways to raise awareness, increase effectiveness, and ultimately further the mission of their organization. I cannot tell you how many times our conversations begin with, 'I want to do what they are doing?' As a father of 4 kids under the age of 7, I am very familiar with this statement. My typical response is, 'Well Son, our family does things a little different, Bobby's parents...
I am a fan of coffee, not the plain black kind, but the sophisticated, you think your cool, kind of coffee. Amarillo may be a small town, but we have no shortage of coffee joints, in fact there are 17 different options within 5 minutes of my house. I spend my mornings at Starbucks, have meetings at Roasters (the local staple), and afternoons downtown at The Ground. Needless to say, I spend way too much time and money in coffee shops.
As a frequenter of these spots...