The book of Proverbs – God's book of psychology – abounds with references to three kinds of people: the evil, the foolish and the wise. Henry Cloud has some good teaching on this topic which he presented to organizational managers. I've slightly edited his material in the version below, to make it more applicable to… Continue reading The Evil, the Foolish, the Wise – some helpful teaching by Henry Cloud
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Jesus: The Great Empathizer
One of the hardest things about the way some churches react to abuse situations is the complete lack of empathy. It's almost as if because they have their doctrine of "no divorce" they don't WANT to understand for fear they might end up compromising their beliefs. I felt this very keenly as I was going… Continue reading Jesus: The Great Empathizer