Blog Category: Faith
10 Key Areas We Can’t Afford To Ignore In Mental Health
We all want to be healthy and happy. Here are some tips to help optimise your health to make you look feel at your best. Regular exercise is great for the mind and body, but it’s also good for the spirit. We need to take a holistic approach in looking after ourselves to address all…
Chemical Dependency & The Power To Change
A powerful quote from Dr. Caroline Leaf, “The brain does not change itself. Our mind changes the brain!” shows that old patterns of thinking have to be put away and new ways have to be learned. People who believe that it’s impossible to change are adding a stumbling block to their own recovery. Without the mindset of hope they will not…
Equipping The Church With Bible Based Counselling Skills
Doctors, social workers and support group leaders will have had to study some sort of professional mental health program as part of their professional training. This mental health training is essential for their professional development to equip them to deal with various types of persons and situations that they might experience. Because church leaders have an influential…
A Place For Mindfulness In Christianity
Mindfulness is different from other forms of meditation. Mindfulness is about being aware of your surroundings and knowing what is going on around you, within you, and outside of you moment by moment. Mindfulness also helps you to observe your own thoughts and feelings. According to Psychology Today, when you’re mindful you observe your thoughts and…
Fathers – Experience and Reflection (A Message To Fathers)
What has the past 12 months been like for you since last Fathers day? I was reflecting on this question myself over the past week as a Son and as a Father. – What has taken place in these 12 months? – How have I Fathered my children – My relationship with my Dad – My…
Explaining Causes, Relief & Treatment Of Addiction
In a compelling read by Dr Tim Clinton, he explains what addiction is, the effects on a person, what causes addiction and what relief is and how it can come about for various types of addictions. Addictions The new century presents many challenges. In a time of impatience and selfishness, a person’s wants and desires…
A Window into Widowhood and Loss (Part 2 of 2)
As a Christian, firstly I turned to Christ and secondly to a counsellor. Let’s look at the issue of counselling first. My husband and I had some counselling in the first few months after his diagnosis. This was mainly focused on our communication skills, as he had shut down and for the first time in…
VISION – Dare to Dream For Your Life
On the 28th of August 1963, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, presented his vision to America and the world as he delivered one of the most famous, inspiring speeches by a Politian in the history of American politics known as, ‘I have a dream‘. In an excerpt below from, ‘How To Get Vision for Your…
Rebuilding Your Life after Tragedy
When tragedy strikes we can often lose hope in light of the events and circumstances that surround us. While reflecting on one of the biggest tragedies in history, the September 11 Twin Towers in New York, best-selling author, Mark Stibbe, begins to answer the question we must have all had in mind at the time,…
Volunteering For Community Connection & Social Inclusion
To Celebrate National Volunteer week run by Volunteering Australia who aim to thank all the volunteers who give their time and efforts unselfishly to others. Many events will be held around Australia for the general public and community participation. There are huge benefits to being part of a wider community. Human beings are capable of creating…
An Easter Message – Glorious Ruins
“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15: 55-57 Dear friends, With Easter upon us, we’re afforded every opportunity…
Why I Look Forward to Easter Every Year
Hollywood often allows villains like Hannibal Lecter, played by Anthony Hopkins in the blockbuster movie, ’Silence of the Lambs’ to get away with murder. A Message of Hope However the Easter story is much different in the case of the crucified Christ. Many at the time of the crucifixion would have asked why he didn’t…
The Miracle of Easter – The Resurrection of Jesus
The resurrection of Christ is the most significant, if not most important miracle of the Christian faith. His resurrection showed people that the Gospel message Jesus came with was real and that God has absolute power over life and death. Apart from all the prophecy concerning the coming of Jesus, there is overwhelming historical evidence…
Spiritual Bad Hair Day – By Steve Poisat
According to Gospel Brew, “Not only are we SAVED by grace and through faith in Christ, but we also SERVE by grace and through faith in Christ! That means that there will be times (many) when you’re having a “bad spiritual hair day” and an opportunity presents itself to minister in some way or another…
Order Disorder Reorder New Order?
One of my responsibilities as a tutor with a Christian Counselling Training organisation is to assess my students written assignments, of which “Evaluate and Provide Therapy for Psychopathological Disorders” is what I am currently marking. It is interesting how in a clinical context such as the DSM-5 (the long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible…
