by Bob | Apr 24, 2007 | Jesus, Spiritual Friendship
A Spiritual Friendship PactSt. Teresa looked upon human friendship as a joint journey, a spiritual pilgrimage to the fatherland. To four trusted friends she extended this invitation:“I should like the five of us who at present love each other in Christ to make a kind...
by Bob | Dec 11, 2006 | Guiding, Healing, Reconciling, Soul Care, Spiritual Direction, Spiritual Friendship, Sustaining
My Story of Spiritual Friendship In many ways, I entered the ministry of spiritual friendship “kicking and screaming.” In fact, I entered the “people-helping” field in that resistive fashion. Three decades ago, I entered seminary on the typical...
by Bob | Dec 10, 2006 | Biblical Counseling, Christian Counseling, Guiding, Healing, Reconciling, Spiritual Direction, Spiritual Friendship, Sustaining
Converging Streams, Mighty RiverBiblical counseling today is moving onto the right path. Perhaps a little history lesson (stay with me, history can be fasincation, honest; and I did say little”) would be helpful.One Anothering Spiritual FriendshipLong before our...
by Bob | Dec 9, 2006 | African American History, Biblical Counseling, Elizabeth Keckley, Empathy, Grieving, Mary Lincoln, President Lincoln, Soul Care, Spiritual Direction, Spiritual Friendship, Women's Studies
A Voice of HealingPicture the scene. It’s Civil War America. Women have no right to vote. Across the South, Blacks have no rights whatsoever. President Lincoln is assassinated. His widow, Mary Lincoln, is left devastated. To whom does she turn?To a Black woman. To...
by Bob | Mar 28, 2006 | Church History, Soul Physicians, Spiritual Friendship
Ask for the Ancient PathsLiving in a generation without answers, facing abuse from every direction, pending destruction crouching around the corner, Israel desperately needed to heed God’s counsel. “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask...
