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May 2020

May 18, 2020

Understanding Your Power and Privilege and Taking Responsibility

Do you ever feel marginalized and dismissed simply for your age, the color of your...

April 2019

April 17, 2019

Seven Tips To Stop Marginalizing or Dehumanizing People

Social workers generally use the term marginalization to refer to the discriminatory treatment of an...

March 2019

March 26, 2019

Biblical Justice versus Social Justice: Give Me Jesus Not Your Anger

In higher education today, it is widely taught that America is an imperialist, greedy capitalist, brutal...

December 2018

December 29, 2018

Holiday Blues Are Common Post Family Gatherings

As a counselor who's been in private practice for almost a decade now, I have...

November 2018

November 15, 2018

7 Step Guide for Christians to Overcome Shame and Find Freedom

Shame is a huge topic that cuts to the core of our common humanity. Shame...

September 2018

September 12, 2018

Patriarchy Is Not A Bad Word

Patriarchy is not a bad word. Period. Neither are radical feminism and matriarchy comforting words....

July 2018

July 27, 2018

You Are Your Own Worst Enemy- part 2/2

Systemic issues aside, I am my own worst enemy and you are yours. If you...

July 19, 2018

Reflections on “You Are Your Own Worst Enemy”–Part 1/2

America has been in contentious times. People seem more divided than ever before on social...

May 2018

May 11, 2018

Decoding Social Justice Warrior Language

**This blog was originally titled Social Justice Warrior Language: Translated for White People, but was...

May 01, 2018

7 Good Reasons People Are Reducing Online Interactions

There is no doubt that internet and smartphone technology have many benefits for society. A...

April 2018

April 18, 2018

Starbucks Racial Profiling Incident: 7 Tips To Respond to Racial Controversies

The last few days, I’ve been reading and hearing about two young, black men getting...

April 11, 2018

Christian Feminism: The Southern Christian Mom

Have you ever wondered what an average day in the life of an American mom...

April 03, 2018

A Different Kind Of Intersectional Jesus: Christian feminism from an immigrant’s perspective

Christians who climb on the progressive bandwagon often talk about a Jesus that is “intersectional”...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

The Black Panther Review: A Social Worker’s Dream Case Study

You might have already read many reviews of the latest movie sensation, the Black Panther....

February 20, 2018

The Christian Resistance Movement

Did you know that Christian parents have been in the resistance movement long before the...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

10 Myths About Evangelical Christians

Are we hypocritical promoters of “family values”?

October 2017

October 27, 2017

Want To Be A Bridge?

If you want to be a bridge, be prepared to be stepped on by people...

August 2017

August 18, 2017

Raising Up Kids in a Controversial World

As soon as the title of this blog came to me, I sadly thought, when...

April 2017

April 01, 2017

Help Me Be A Good Wife

Dear Readers, If you are a married woman of a number of years, chances are...

March 2017

March 11, 2017

Bully-Proof Your Kid, part 3/4

Teach kids emotional intelligence, also known as emotion regulation. While many parents focus on raising a child with...

January 2017

January 20, 2017

7 Ways to Make America Great

Want to make America great again? Start with you. Whether you consider yourself Democrat/Republican, Liberal

January 13, 2017

The Many Gifts in Your Life

Every relationship in your life can bring a gift, including a parent's undying sacrifice, a spouse's unconditional...

January 06, 2017

Are You My Mother?

I have a few books that are my favorite to read with children in bibliotherapy (a form...

November 2016

November 12, 2016

Don’t Leave the Country

Your fellow Americans need you here. Not to argue with us. Not to take us...

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