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School is just around the corner! As families get back in the groove, kids pick out first day outfits, parents pull the rest of their hair out – it’s a good time to pause a give a blessing. A blessing in its most simplest form is a just your hopes and wishes for someone. If attend our church, you know that we are all agents of blessing – peace building – in the world. And that God has put in…

The shootings this weekend caught me flat footed. I went to bed sadden by the loss of life in El Paso and woke up to what I thought was a typo. Another shooting? Within 24hrs? It felt like the second plane hitting the Twin Towers. If felt like terrorism. What followed was the predictable script. Ample news coverage to boost ratings, sympathetic posts on Facebook, click bait, the misguided attempt to soften the blow by turning it political. My heart…

I left counseling feeling good. Like it’s Friday and I have no responsibilities kinda good. As I left, I started to recollect my journey in counseling. How did I become a person who smiles after seeing a counselor? I heard recently that between the time a person FIRST thinks they should see a counselor and when they walk into a counselor’s office in on average 10 years! 10 years of frustration with feelings. 10 years of underperforming relationships. 10 years of…