“There is nothing more sweet than finding Jesus right with you in the middle of your splashes of hell.” Joni Eareckson Tada is well acquainted with suffering. She has suffered 49 years with paraplegia. She has battled breast cancer. And recently, she has experienced unbearable chronic pain. Yet in her suffering she has learned that there is a… Read More »
Our negative emotions are designed to deepen our relationship with Christ and to each other. Winston Smith opened the 2016 CCEF conference by focusing our attention on so called “negative” emotions. Consider anger, sadness, grief, anxiety, or stress. Winston asked us if we ever felt bad about feeling bad. “Do you ever feel bad about… Read More »
For those of you who missed #CCEF16, or this year’s Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation Conference, below are summaries of the main sessions. This year’s theme was “Emotions: Engaging the Expressions of the Heart.” I hope these concise summaries will be a blessing to you. You may purchase the conference audio directly from CCEF here. Winston Smith – General Session… Read More »