Dec
08
2020
Adversity - Abundance - Appreciation
Is it possible to go through life without adversity?
Are learning valuable life lessons possible without adversity?
In your life experience, how has adversity shaped you?
With bold confidence, I proclaim adversity is vital to success in every...
Dec
07
2020
Truth is what we need to hear, a lie is what we want to hear.
You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. – John 8:32
In 1971 Ray Burwick and I founded Northwest Counseling Services. A...
Dec
04
2020
A broken plate! Imagine the pain a mother experienced when her young child dropped one of her most precious treasures. It was a special plate received from her mother. In tears, this mother scooped up the broken pieces, preparing to toss...
Dec
03
2020
The wise King David encouraged us to measure our days and to know the brevity of life (Psalm 39:4-5). He also told us we are like grass, here today, gone tomorrow and remembered no more (Psalm 103:15-16). Jesus asked...
Dec
02
2020
Life offers no greater gift with greater rewards than just loving people for no other motive than to love.
Frankly, I never much liked the slogan “Just Do It.” Seems to me it has more negative than positive connotations.
I like...
Dec
01
2020
The most beautiful and blessed place on earth.
Slow the bus down is a favorite expression in the Crowell home when one of us gets too busy, anxious or troubled.
The bookstores have shelves designated to self-help books. Counseling offices...
Nov
30
2020
6 WAYS TO BE A BETTER LISTENER
LEARN - Listen with the purpose to learn, not be quick to tell what you know.
INTENTIONAL - this begins with asking with intent to learn, not tell what you know....
Nov
27
2020
Kindness Is Contagious is a valuable educational documentary on the magic of kindness.
Of all the species on earth, the most helpless for the longest period of time is in the human child. A child is helpless and unable to take...
Nov
26
2020
Why should Thanksgiving be limited to one calendar day a year? Giving thanks can be so much more than watching football all day, eating piles of delicious food that later make us miserable, Christmas shopping, a four-day weekend.
Thanks-Giving is...
Nov
24
2020
If there is a battle, then what is a soul? The soul (psuche in Greek) is our animate life, the seat of our mind, senses, will, and desires, reflected in our personality. The difference between life and soul is exhibited when we look...
