Weight loss gurus sell their wares to us and then set us up for failure because they ask us to place our hope in their products. “I have this 8-point system that will cause you to effortlessly take off the pounds!” they say. “This miracle gizmo will transform your life” they say. They ask you […]
Your Hope is in the Wrong Thing. Can you Drink This Cup? Read More »
I’ll admit that in the second post of this series (Reclaiming the Sound of Silence) I went into great detail about what everyday life would have been life two thousand years ago but I wasn’t overly prescriptive. As a therapist I am not really a fan of prescriptions anyway. At the same time, I recognize
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Let me get this out of the way right now: there is no such thing as a “Jesus Diet”. There is no magical formula for weight loss if we would just follow Christ’s “three keys of eating”. I don’t believe in any of that nonsense. I don’t believe that there is a secret, biblical eating
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Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6:6-8 I may have dropped the long title “On Desperation, Dining in the Dark, Depression, and Deliberate Action” but
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While we’re getting open about the deeper matters of life, I must confess another addiction that I have struggled with over the years. I get often sucked in by click bait. If I am not careful I can spend an hour reading through “Where Are The Actors From M*A*S*H Now?” For the longest time, it
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The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you
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We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 I once read that the best parents communicate two resounding messages to their children: 1. We love you like crazy2. You cannot have what you want In tandem, these two truths are
Fat-Shamers and the Fat-Acceptance Movement Both Have it Wrong Read More »
At this point in my life I have worked with or spoken to a number of people who are in the middle of a weight-loss diet. I hear comments like “I ate X last night. Will I still lose weight when I step on the scale tomorrow?” or “I must lose thee pounds this week.
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I am so excited to present this series because it represents the very core of the new convictions I have formed via the Word of God, borne out of my relentless struggle with compulsive eating and subsequent weight issues. I would like to propose an idea that I believe has been lost to time for
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“For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age…” Titus 2:11-12 Consider the Marshmallow test. Researchers took a group of five-year-olds, put them in a room with just
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