My inner “whiner” wants to be heard this morning. “I want writing to be easier.” “I want to eat a pint of Ben and Jerry’s.” “I want the weather to cool off.” Do you have an inner “whiner”, too? Don’t we all want life to be easier than it is? As a therapist, though, I …
Author Archives: Karen
Structural Support
Matt Lauer of NBC’s Today show reports this morning that the I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis was a structural failure. Several people are dead. Families are weeping at the bedsides of critically injured spouses and children. Others wait without hope for news of the missing. A chief engineer, whose name is not yet public, signed …
Stand Firm
In 2 Chronicles 20, when Jehoshaphat is king in Jerusalem, he is told of a great army approaching, a united front of three enemies. He gathers all the people of Judah to fast and pray at Jerusalem. As they are beseeching the Lord, a prophecy comes: “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this …