L.I.V.E. – Love Infinite, Vigorously Exercised

  • Understanding Caregiver Grief and Healing

    After the Final Goodbye: Grieving as a Long-Term Caregiver Grief is never easy. But for long-term caregivers – the spouses, children, and family members who poured months or years into caring for a loved one through illness, the grief that follows death is uniquely complex. It is layered not just with sadness but with exhaustion,…

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  • Finding Peace in Silence: A Chaplain’s Perspective

    The Sacred Sound of Silence: Why I Prefer Quiet While I Work In a world where noise is often synonymous with productivity, things such as playlists blaring, podcasts looping, and hustle culture humming, have become the norm. My soul finds sanctuary in silence. For me, quiet isn’t emptiness; it’s presence. As a chaplain and counselor,…

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  • Finding Timelessness in Everyday Activities

    Timeless Moments: The Activities That Make Me Lose Track of Time There are sacred spaces in my life where time seems to bow out; where clocks fade into silence and I am simply present. I lose track of time when I’m deep in study or writing about theology, counseling, or grief recovery – those moments…

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  • Integrating Theology and Psychology in Christian Counseling

    An Interdisciplinary Map for Christian Counselors – Deborah Van Deusen Hunsinger Introduction Deborah Van Deusen Hunsinger presents a comprehensive vision for the interdisciplinary integration between theology and psychology, especially within the context of pastoral counseling. She introduces a “map” that respects both disciplines without compromising the distinctiveness of Christian theological commitments. Hunsinger argues that Christian…

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  • Embodied Faith and Community: A New Approach to Soul Care

    Leaving Development Behind & Beginning Our Pilgrimage – Brett Webb-Mitchell Introduction Brett Webb‑Mitchell challenges conventional psychological paradigms of “development” and instead offers the metaphor of Christian pilgrimage as a richer framework for soul formation. Drawing from biblical narrative, spiritual tradition, and embodied practice; he contends that normative developmental theories which are often cognitive, secular, and…

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  • Why Modern Society Needs to Slow Down: Embracing Vulnerability

    Title: What I Would Change About Modern Society: Restoring Depth in a Shallow Age In my journey through trauma, healing, and ministry, I’ve seen firsthand how modern society often trades depth for speed, connection for convenience, and authenticity for appearance. If I could change one thing, it would be this: I would slow the world…

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  • Simple Gestures to Comfort the Grieving

    How to Comfort Someone Who’s Grieving a Death: Simple Gestures That Truly Help (Without Adding Pressure) Introduction When someone we care about is grieving, it’s natural to want to help, but sometimes our well-meaning efforts can unintentionally create more stress than comfort. Many people shy away from supporting the bereaved out of fear they’ll say…

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  • Balancing Secular Psychology with Biblical Truths in Ministry

    An Apologetic Apologia for the Integration of Psychology & Theology – Stanton L. Jones Introduction Stanton L. Jones offers an “Apologetic Apologia” for integrating psychology and theology. He frames this as a balanced, critical, and constructive approach whereby Scripture informs psychology – psychology enriches pastoral ministry, and both disciplines submit to Christ’s lordship. I appreciate Jones’s…

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  • The Journey to Spiritual Wholeness

    The Silent Struggles That Stir My Soul What I believe truly bothers me, given my journey, is the weight of unspoken expectations and the ache of unresolved disconnection; especially in the context of family, faith, and purpose. Having endured trauma, and spiritual transformation, I have grown deeply sensitive to inauthenticity, emotional distance, and broken systems…

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  • How Life Experiences Shape Our Perspective

    What’s Getting Better with Age? My Perspective, My Purpose, My Voice As I reflect on my journey through trauma, incarceration, healing, and now a path of ministry, one thing I can honestly say is getting better with age is perspective. Life hasn’t been easy. In fact, for much of it, I was just trying to…

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