Counseling

Is ‘Mental Illness’ a Helpful Label?

Despite its limitations, “mental illness” is still the preferred label in the medical profession and in popular culture.

You’re Not as Broken as You Think

How often do we measure ourselves with a tape measure that is no longer, or never even was, accurate for our needs?

My Spiritual Awakening

The weird thing about hangovers is that I adapted to them. They set the tone for the day: the muscles governing my movement would be sore, the head housing my mind would ache, the seat of my heart would feel broken, and the voices of my soul would speak only shame.

What Is So Good About Technology?

In many ways, technology is the most astonishingly good example of the fruit our image bearing was meant to produce—if it can help us become the persons we were meant to be.

The Pursuit of a Different Kind of Happiness

The happiness the world encourages us to pursue is fleeting. It's time to seek a happiness that's not contingent on positive circumstances.

The Science of Virtue

Mark McMinn: Why Positive Psychology Matters to the Church

Counseling and Relationships: 14th Annual Outreach Resources of the Year

Makoto Fujimura: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering

Jonathan Benz on ‘The Recovery-Minded Church’

Jonathan Benz with Kristina Robb-Dover: Loving and Ministering to People with Addiction

Lance Hahn on ‘How to Live in Fear’

Lance Hahn: Mastering the Art of Freaking Out

Counseling and Relationships: 13th Annual Outreach Resources of the Year

Curt Thompson: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves