by Bob | Feb 2, 2021 | Black Church History, Black History Month
A Word from Bob: You’re reading Part 1, in a several-part blog mini-series on Black Church History. I’ve developed this series from my book, Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care. I’ve also based this blog series on a presentation I...
by Bob | Jan 31, 2021 | Suffering
A Word from Bob: You’re reading Part 2 of a two-part blog mini-series. You can read Part 1 here: A Tale of Two Passages. In Part 1, we focused on 2 Corinthians 1:8-9a. Notice that I say “9a.” We purposefully dropped off the conversation before the second half of the...
by Bob | Jan 29, 2021 | Biblical Counseling
As biblical counselors, we always want to connect the most relevant biblical passage to our unique counselee’s specific life situation. However, “pet passages” can exert such influence on us that we unhelpfully force them onto people in a one-size-fits-all manner. A...
by Bob | Jan 27, 2021 | Anxiety
I enjoyed my recent Podcast interview with the team at the Association of Biblical Counselors on the topic of anxiety. You can listen to the Podcast here. If you’d like to easily forward the link to others, you can use this shortened link:...
by Bob | Jan 25, 2021 | Identity in Christ
I just “sovereignly stumbled” upon two beautiful reflections on how God fearfully and wonderfully makes us (Psalm 139:13-14). One is a song—by Ellie Holcomb. The other is a poem—by Gloria Umanah. The song (see link below) includes a moving recitation of the poem....
