In 2021 I didn’t write very many blog posts here on EmotionCulture.com. I was busy starting my Pastoral Counseling practice and generally surviving 2021, as we all were. What I did write I wrote at ChristianMommas.com. Temi, who started ChristianMommas, is focused on helping women have a spiritual experience of motherhood. She is an author …
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The Formula for Leading Your Emotions
Ok, let’s get back to the purpose of this blog and talk about leading our emotions so we can be led by the Spirit of God instead of being dragged around by fear, pain, anger, and the pursuit of distraction. We are often at a loss for what to do with our intense feelings and …
Listen up
This first sentence is supposed to hook you. I’m supposed to write something that makes you want to keep reading. Something that convinces you to engage, pay attention, listen up. It’s a lot more difficult than it sounds. Humans are not good at listening. We aren’t. We’re much better at talking. Social media has made …
How To Lead Your Feelings: Nap Time
Usually I write long posts, but this time I’ll get straight to the point – it’s nap time. One of my favorite pastors and all-around human beings, Dr. Joel C. Hunter, once said, “Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do in your situation is take a nap.”I hope you feel as much freedom to …
How To Lead Your Feelings: Happiness
Have you ever heard/read that “God is more interested in your holiness than your happiness” or “God is more concerned about our character than our comfort?”Did you just wilt a little inside? I noticed a growing sadness even as I typed those sentences out. Don’t worry though, we wont stay there because neither of those …
How To Lead Your Feelings: Don’t Ignore Them
I hate being ignored. Don’t you? I believe we have all experienced being ignored at some point or another. As an adult I’ve experienced it most frequently in group conversation when I’m in the middle of saying something and another person starts talking, and keeps talking, as if I hadn’t been saying anything at all. …
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How To Lead Your Feelings: Choose Gratitude
7402Seven thousand, four hundred and twoThat’s how many gifts I’ve written down over the last 6 years, as of this morning. I try to write down at least three each day. Some days I have more, and some days I struggle to come up with just three things I’m thankful for that aren’t repetitive or …
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