Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas | Closer to Christ, Closer to Others
In an earlier Joe and Janell video (Growing Together When Loss Tries to Pull You Apart) , we talked about how marriage is affected in the face of catastrophic loss—in their case, the loss of their …
Continue Reading about How I Broke Every Rule When Counseling Janell-And How You Can Do Better →
I posted my pastoral failure and discussion with Joe and Janell in video form on the paid side, and then wrote a follow up blogpost on the basic tenets of companioning the bereaved--pointing out how, …
Becoming Active Participants Instead of Lonely Observers, Part 1 In the Broadway performance based on his life and music, Bruce Springsteen walks the audience through a dysfunctional childhood with …
What it would be like to have a marriage where sex is experienced as a tremendous blessing instead of a burden? How would it feel to hear Dr. David Schnarch describe the couples he has worked with …
Janell came to visit me after her son (and only child) died because she believed God told her I had something she needed to hear. While she was able to hear that, this wasn't my finest moment as a …
One of the great spiritual challenges to our joy, happiness and relationships is that our default mode of thinking is 'negative bias'. We take the good for granted; we mull over the frustrating. The …
