A Word from Bob Recently I posted a very personal blog entitled, I’m Never More Christ-Dependent Than When I’m Doing Deep Breathing Exercises. Today’s post “takes out the personal story,” and focuses on an introduction to a biblical theology of the body. We’re...
“My Name Is Bob…” In my P&R booklet, Anxiety, crafted over a decade ago, I began with these honest words, “My name is Bob, and I struggle with and against worry, fear, and anxiety.” Eleven years later, in March 2023, I had a “crash.” Anxiety and fear, weakness...
Take a Deep Breath This morning I was just rereading Todd Stryd’s excellent Journal of Biblical Counseling article from 2018: “Take a Deep Breath”— How Counseling Ministry Addresses the Body. It’s behind a paywall, but well worth the price. I’ll share some...
What’s My Focus? Here’s my focus: This post focuses on Christian books on the topic of the body and soul—the embodied-soul: the complex interconnection of our body/soul, brain/mind, physical/spiritual nature. The technical term for the topic of this post is...
A Book Proposal on Biblical Counseling and the Body (The Embodied-Soul) Because I collate a lot of biblical counseling resources (over 1,000 in The Annual Guide to Biblical Counseling, and over 400 in 400+ Resources on Biblical Counseling and Psychology-Related...
My Recent Readings and Reflections I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately about the Bible’s teaching on the body. Our biblical understanding of the body has great significance for how biblical counselors minister to people holistically. As I’ve said recently, God...
