by Terry_Powell | May 10, 2020 | Depression and Faith
How A Canine Companion Boosts Mental and Physical Health Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap! When Dolly answered the front door, she looked into the downcast countenance of the mother of one of her piano students. The distraught friend, her despondency exacerbated by...
by Terry_Powell | Apr 28, 2020 | Depression and Faith
Humorous, Often Brutally Frank Comments from Children As Well As Husbands/Wives After a worship service, a young child announced to his parents, “I’ve decided to become a minister when I grow up!” Cautiously encouraged by her son’s...
by Terry_Powell | Apr 16, 2020 | Depression and Faith
To love is a risky venture. Cherish a child, a parent, a sibling, or best friend and he or she may die, sending shrapnel through your heart, leaving it in tatters. Your fiancé may abruptly change his mind, leaving you at the altar with shattered dreams. Your...
by Terry_Powell | Apr 6, 2020 | Depression and Faith
Do you ever wish that your growth in holiness wasn’t such a slow, tedious process? For every three steps you take toward Christlikeness, do you then slip two steps back? Just when you think you’ve gained victory over a sinful attitude or immature behavior...
by Terry_Powell | Mar 30, 2020 | Depression and Faith
A Letter from John Piper Introductory note from Terry: Though I teach only one class this semester at Columbia International University, I have been scrambling to find delivery methods and resources for an on-campus class that will necessarily finish the semester...
by Terry_Powell | Mar 15, 2020 | Depression and Faith
A Dark Cloud of Realism with A Silver Lining of Hope It is one thing to write a book-length story of a successful Christian leader who battles daily physical pain, to illustrate through his life and ministry how God redeems pain for our good and for His glory.* It is...
