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Lose and Win at the Same Time: A Lesson from Jesus on Marital Surrender
By Kristy Cobillas, MEd, PLPC We know in this chapter that Jesus was talking about how the Christ follower is to lay down (or sacrifice) what he or she wants and how he or she thinks things should be, in order to follow the way that is laid out by Christ Jesus. This same concept of surrender can be applied to the marital unit. Paul states in Ephesians 5:21 that husbands and wives ought to “submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” For many, this idea of submission becomes scary as neither one wants to be the one to lose. The couple becomes gridlocked over seemingly intractable issues…
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Bridge to Wholeness: Volume 1 Issue 4 November 2014
Welcome to the November 2014 Issue of the Agape newsletter, Bridge to Wholeness! Our monthly newsletter is the best way for you to keep up with what is going on around Agape, with events and updates, and articles written by our counselors. We hope it will help bring you a little bit closer to emotional, mental, and spiritual wholeness! In this issue (click to read individual articles): Raising Teenagers with Good Values by John Leber, Jr., MA, PLPC Lose and Win at the Same Time: A Lesson from Jesus on Marital Surrender by Kristy Cobillas, MEd, PLPC Mommy & Holiday Stress by Kathryn Manley, MS, LPC, CST How to…
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Heights: It’s All About the Altitude
By Jessica Stillman For as long as I can remember, I have had a fear of heights. One vivid memory I have involving fear and heights is from a church trip I took to Buffalo, New York when I was in middle school. We went to a state park and one of the attractions of this park was the hiking trails and lookout points at the top of the cliffs. This park is advertised as the “Grand Canyon of the East”, so you can imagine how high up these lookout points are. Near one, there is a train track bridge that goes between two cliffs several hundred feet above the…
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Agape Receives Autism Speaks Grant
Agape Christian Counseling Services is pleased to announce that Autism Speaks has chosen us as a 2014 grant recipient! The grant will be used to fund social skills groups for children who are home educated. Both children on the autism spectrum and typically developing children will qualify for services under this grant. For more information about these groups, please call Carolyn Knarr, Director of Child Therapeutic Services, click here. For more information about the Autism Speaks organization, go to www.autismspeaks.org
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