My uncle moved in with us when I was 6 years old. He had returned from WWII and had been in a hospital in the USA before moving in with us. He had what they called “shell shock.” Today I think they might be using the term PTSD or trauma. I had heard why he […]
Heeding the Call
“Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Isaiah 6:8 I was relatively early in my addiction recovery program when I began to feel the desire to pursue counseling as a profession. The atmosphere and honest sharing […]
I Was Sick and You Visited Me
“Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him. When they lifted up their eyes at […]