by Jennifer Spivey | Nov 24, 2022 | Blog
You learned it in Sunday School: “Jesus Loves Me, This I Know”. Though many of us can quote the song lyrics and the John 3:16 (“for God so loved the world that He sent His Son….”) and we can give mental assent to the idea that God is love and He loves everyone, it’s...
by Jennifer Spivey | Nov 17, 2022 | Blog
Disclaimer: Yes, I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, but I’m not your personal counselor and this blog content does not create a counselor-client relationship. This blog content is for educational purposes and should not be seen as medical advice. You should...
by Jennifer Spivey | Nov 10, 2022 | Blog
Last summer, I visited a friend in my hometown. We snapped beans with her grandmother, on the front porch, in the afternoon sun, sitting on the wooden rockers or in the swing. Simple, we enjoyed and we chatted. A face-to-face about the green beans and the garden...
by Jennifer Spivey | Nov 3, 2022 | Blog
Have you ever asked yourself the question, “If God is all-knowing, and he loves me and wants what’s best for me, why do I need to tell him what He already knows?” Why is prayer so important? God is omniscient, meaning He’s all-knowing. 1 John 3:19-20, ESV says, “By...
by Jennifer Spivey | Oct 27, 2022 | Blog
How many times have you answered, “I’m OK” when someone asked how you were; knowing full well that you were anything but, OK? We all do it. Too often, we’re not willing or able to admit to the world, or sometimes not even to ourselves, that we’re anything but, OK. So,...
by Jennifer Spivey | Oct 20, 2022 | Blog
This has been the buzz statement for the past several years. You hear about mental health concerns on the news, in social media outlets, at the workplace, in the schools, from your children, from friends, and lately, at church. The sad truth is that people struggling...
