AUTHOR ARCHIVES: https://davebarnhart.wordpress.com/author/davebarnhart/ About Dave Barnhart I’m a United Methodist pastor of a network of house churches (Saint Junia United Methodist Church) in Birmingham, Alabama. My mission in life is to teach and live resurrected life in Jesus among passionate people. I’m married and have a son. I’ve written a couple of books: What’s [...]
COVID-19 Resources for Mental Health Professionals LIVE WEBINAR TRAINING (GoTowebinar) National Board of Forensic Evaluators, Inc. – NBFE TITLE: COVID-19 Resources for Mental Health Professionals PRESENTERS: Ekom Essien, LPC, CFMHE, CCCE, CPCS, RPT-S, Aaron Norton, LMHC, LMFT, MAC, CFMHE, CFBA, CCMHC As a service to mental health professionals, NBFE is providing a FREE 1-hour webinar for [...]
During this time of social isolation in response to the Covid-19 virus we have an opportunity to draw near to God, to study His Word, and to build up our believing. When faced with circumstances that are scary, one of the things that is encouraging to me and to others is to have one [...]
Presented by Delores Puterbaugh, PhD, LMHC, LMFT, BCC Marriage and divorce are both common experiences. In Western cultures, more than 90 percent of people marry by age 50. Healthy marriages are good for couples’ mental and physical health. They are also good for children; growing up in a happy home protects children from mental, [...]
Recently I started reading a book that I bought for my niece called be REBELLOUS by Megan Clinton. The main theme of the book is how to fight back against our culture and find true relationships with God and others. It really struck me what a powerful stance this was. Many of the issues [...]
What is in your heart? Betsy O'Callaghan I have been pondering some scriptures about the condition of our heart and answering God's call. In Luke 6:45 it says, “The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil...” This verse has [...]
EFFECTIVE CLINICAL WORK WITH PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM MAJOR MENTAL CONDITIONS What follows is a summary of the seminar presented by Ernesto Vasquez, MD at the April, 2019 meeting of the Network of Christian Counselors. 1. To understand the neurobiology and psychology of major mental conditions more accurately in order to help the sufferers more [...]
It was a dinner party like none other.The disciples of Jesus Christ were preparing to celebrate the Passover meal together to commemorate the miraculous deliverance of the Jewish nation from slavery and bondage to Egyptian rule.But the evening at hand brought a bitter-sweet turn of events.Jesus sat among his closest companions, 12 men who for [...]
My new word for 2019 is strength, not my own strength, but strength from the Lord. There are many promises in God's Word about strength, too many to count, but here are a few that stand out for me and hopefully will encourage you as well. Isaiah 30:15 contains a formula for strength: “In [...]
