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Signs–a child may need expert medical help for mental Illness
Concerned about the mental health of children? So, am I! It is not unusual for children to act out, at times. Most often, children grow out of many difficult patterns as parents teach them: 1) what behaviors are acceptable, and 2) what behaviors are not acceptable.However, it is important for READ MORE
The Greatest Gift We Can Give
What is life except an opportunity—an opportunity to become who we truly can become? “A flame of fire” is how an unknown author put it within a letter written during the first century AD. This letter is titled, “the Book of Hebrew” within Holy Writ. Who would not want to READ MORE
How to Protect Your Child’s Good Mental Health
By Joy Le Page Smith, M.A., Mental health counselor, Board Certified Chaplain A child’s mental health can be detrimentally affected by their childhood experiences. Having just published The Little Mountain Goat Who Was Afraid of High Places, I think of a few simple things that can make a real difference. READ MORE
A Caricature that Delivers More than Good Humor
Feelings are a funny thing. And, for writers we have a lot of them. Chaplains, even more. My heart wants to live heavenward, but my feelings often seem more earth-bound. Many in “home town USA,” know me as a chaplain at our local hospital. Mostly, a great feeling comes through READ MORE
A Dream that Reaches Deep
During my sleep the other night this brief, powerful dream brought me front and center with God’s love. In the dream my husband, Gary, is having a stream of trouble regarding his health. I awaken while hearing myself speak these words to him, "No matter what the circumstances I am READ MORE
What are you ashamed of?
Consider this: Shame can be false. False shame is entirely different from true shame. True shame comes when we are guilty of doing something we know is wrong. False shame can come from feeling defaced, or changed, as a result of another person sinning against us. A good example of READ MORE
How Do We Lose Our Souls?
People chose evil due to doubting God and thinking their way is better–not caring what God would want or even caring what the conscience is saying. The conscience can be burned away through constantly choosing to ignore it. Eventually, it quits talking. There is an enemy of our souls. He READ MORE
Why People See God as Being Angry and Punishing
Easter 2012 Chaplain Joy L. Smith As a chaplain, I encounter people who are unable to get close to God. They feel God wants to control them. They think of God as angry and punishing. I believe this often comes through poor preaching that they heard at some READ MORE
Ponderings – What’s Next?
How many of us have wondered about the passages in the Bible that speak of a great fire to take place before “that day” when the new heaven and earth come to be? Sometimes I find the courage to ask God a question, then I wait for an answer. Last READ MORE
Treasure One Another
What is most important in our lives? As I write this, the East Coast is threatened by Hurricane Irene--while the earthquakes of Japan and Haiti are not far from our minds. We have accomplished a lot as human beings. Look at all we have achieved and built! Yet, we can’t change READ MORE
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