by Bob | Oct 28, 2020 | Hope, Marriage Counseling
A Word from Bob Today is Part 2 of a two-part blog mini-series on biblical marriage counseling. Part 1 focused on Having Hope as a Marriage Counselor. Part 2 focuses on Offering Hope to Hurting Couples. I’ve developed these two posts from Chapter 5 of my new book,...
by Bob | Oct 26, 2020 | Hope, Marriage Counseling
A Word from Bob Today is the first of a two-part blog mini-series on biblical marriage counseling. Part 1 focuses on Having Hope as a Marriage Counselor. Part 2 focuses on Offering Hope to Hurting Couples. I’ve developed these two posts from Chapter 5 of my new book,...
by Bob | Jul 26, 2016 | Hope
When life crushes the dreams we dream, is it possible to hope again? Yes, but let’s be honest. Hope is hard. As I often say, “when life stinks, our perspective shrinks.” That’s why biblical hope focuses on an eternal perspective. We can learn to hope again by weaving...
by Bob | Dec 20, 2014 | Grief, Healing, Holidays, Hope, Uncategorized
A Holiday Message from Bob The past two years, I’ve posted a several-part blog series entitled Healing for the Holidays. By God’s grace, this has benefited many people. I’ve now made the entire series available as a free 20-page PDF that you can download at Healing...
by Bob | Aug 20, 2013 | Gospel, Hope, Olaudah Equiano, Suffering
The Pathway to Hope Often Straddles the Precipice of Despair Olaudah Equiano, a Christian and an enslaved African American, began his life story with these words, “I acknowledge the mercies of Providence in every occurrence of my life.” His words might seem trite...
by Bob | Feb 20, 2013 | Death and Dying, God's Healing for Life's Losses, Hope
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ Death and Dying Yesterday I “sovereignly stumbled” across a blog post by Kit Hinkle at her site, A Widow’s Might. The particular post was on A Roadmap Out from Grief. Toward the end of the post she quoted from some of my work on grief in...