Giants in the World and in Your Heart

BP99 What is it about giants? They often appear as ogres and overall bad characters who haunt the nightmares of little boys and girls. I remember when my children were…

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Should I Be in Therapy?

BP98  Today’s blog will consist of an assortment of responses to statements and questions about therapy from the perspective of a Christian who happens to be a psychologist. Some of…

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The Deadly Danger of Oysters

BP97 In my decades of work as a clinical psychologist there are unhealthy attributes I daily encounter in people that indicate a less promising treatment outcome unless that attribute is…

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The Rumbling, the Thundering, the Groaning

BP96 I am diverging a bit from my usual blogging routine to announce in this post that I have a book entitled, The Rumbling Beneath, that will be published in…

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Who Should I Marry (if God Calls Me to It)?

BP 95 Someone I know once said (infamously) at his sister-in-law’s wedding that marriage is like a hot bath—once you get into it, it’s not so hot anymore. Ha. In…

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I See Dead People

BP 94 No, I’m not talking about seeing literal dead people like the little boy in the movie, The Sixth Sense. The people I’m speaking about are not even all…

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The Law Is Safer Than Grace

BP93 My name is Derek, and have I suffered with anxiety for years. My lovely anxiety cocktail includes OCPD--you know, Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. I am preoccupied with rules, order,…

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The Evil Annihilation of the Human Heart

BP92 All of us have heard of the fictional character known as Superman. Most of us remember that his public persona was Clark Kent. Many of us are familiar with…

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Anxiety: The Mortar and Pestle

BP91 But I can hardly sit still. I keep fidgeting, crossing one leg and then the other. I feel like I could throw off sparks, or break a window--maybe rearrange…

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