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Through writing, teaching, preaching, and the Internet, this ministry fosters transformation of lives wounded by tragedy. Dr. Grose uses his over 40 years of pastoral and counseling experience to present a biblical model of transformation in the story of Job.
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Category Archives: Friend of Job
Sarah Hepola’s Alcohol Recovery III: Lessons
From as early as eight years old, Sarah loved beer. She took her first sip at age six, first stole it at seven. In Blackout: Remembering The Things I Drank to Forget (Grand Central, 2015), Sarah Hepola, personal essays editor at Salon.com, … Continue reading
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Sarah Hepola’s Alcohol Recovery Story II Recovery
In Blackout: Remembering The Things I Drank to Forget (Grand Central, 2015), Sarah Hepola, personal essays editor at Salon.com, shares with rare vulnerability and wit how using alcohol spiraled her life downward. She also details how, slowly, she began to … Continue reading
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Health Benefits of Spirituality II
In my previous blog (4/29/17), I explored the possible reciprocal relationship between our spiritual behavior and our physical health. Because crisis can lead to a breakdown physically, perhaps spirituality can also play a role in restoring physical health. Reported by … Continue reading
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Health Benefits of Spirituality I
Response To Crisis When we face crisis, our whole being responds. With not only our possessions, identity, and relationships in jeopardy, our physical health can also deteriorate. Stress upon stress, without relief, creates a physiological response of our hormone cortisol. … Continue reading
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What’s The Purpose of Living?
People with depression can feel so dejected, they prefer the peace of death to a life of suffering. Unable to control their suicidal mood, or acts, they take their plight to be permanent, instead of a temporary swing. They may … Continue reading
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Understanding Grief in Older Adults
In my recent visit to a retirement center in order to present on depression and grief, the residents educated me on the kinds of grief they experience as a matter of course. Perhaps the most important experiences of grief come from … Continue reading
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Assisted Living: End of Life Issues
At a local Assisted Living center, I recently taught a class on the book of Job. Residents who attended showed a variety of mental and physical limitations, something most of us will experience in one way or another. The class, … Continue reading
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Filling In The Blank (of Blogging)
Until the first of the year, I’ve consistently blogged weekly. Since then, however, I’ve been silent (publicly). Before continuing to write on my favorite subjects of Job, mental illness, death and dying, and recovery from addiction, I want to fill … Continue reading
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God’s Depression Treatment
Treatment For Depression We’ve seen the kind of treatment people have devised in order to relieve the suffering of depression: medicine and counseling (see blog, October 28). Although we welcome the advances in medicine and in counseling to help people, … Continue reading
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Evil in Search of a Metaphor- Camus and Job II
Evil as Self: The Fall As evil as is the deadly plague, or an uncontrollable monster, it’s at least external. With The Fall, Camus tackles the idea of evil as guilt, shame, and complicity within. As we begin to … Continue reading
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