Author: Robert Phillips
I am currently counseling several couples that find themselves at a point in their relationship. They are stuck in their past hurts and frustrations with their partner and schedule a session with me in the hope of finding an extra strength, fast acting remedy to their relationship malaise. Their pain is palpable during their session […]
READ ARTICLEEarlier this week I spoke with a parishioner who informed me that she would no longer attend the support group conducted at the church. She told me that the group did not really provide the forum for the discussion of her current need. She boldly said, “I need a man!” She proceeded to share with […]
READ ARTICLERecently I saw the movie “Selma.” The movie heralded the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the initial phase of racial desegregation in the United States. In an attempt to ruin Dr. King’s integrity, the movie depicted a scene in which Mrs. King had received a tape recording with “evidence” of his marital infidelity. […]
READ ARTICLEI preached from the lectionary text John 1:1-18 on the last Sunday of 2014. The text introduces Jesus within the context of the Word: “14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. (NRSV)” I […]
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