As a counselling agency in the Lower Mainland we are seeing a marked increase in the numbers of people seeking professional help for depression. This supports Health Canada’s report that depression continues to be Canada’s fastest-rising diagnosis. The impact on sufferers and their family and friends is enormous, as are the societal and economic costs. […]
Frowning on Facebook: Is the internet really to blame?
By Peter Jon Mitchell, Research Analyst, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada “In many cases, parents have abdicated Their responsibility, unaware of what is happening online today.” National Post May 2. Recently several eighth graders in the Toronto area made the news because they were caught passing notes. Not the usual folded scraps of paper, […]
The responsibilities – and rewards – of being ‘sandwiched’
My life is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I’d like it better if it was a BLT or even a neatly tiered clubhouse – but alas, the components of my life are sticky and squished together, just like PB&J. I’m part of what is now termed the ‘sandwich generation.’ Eight years ago, my mother […]
God’s healing song triumphed over a mother’s grief
Mercy had been gone for five weeks – and with her died all my hope. I was walking along a Northern Ireland beach with my radiant, vivacious sister Rebekah. I couldn’t force myself to be cheerful any longer. I was sure my life was over; I felt my faith ebbing away. “If I go halfway, […]
The Power of Forgiveness – 3 of 3
Be sure to also read part one and part two of Barry‘s series on forgiveness. — ed. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been writing about a 35 year old woman who had a very important choice to make. As a girl, she’d been badly abused by her father. For all of her adult […]
Balancing work, leisure and family
Time is a scarce commodity in our culture. As Christians, we are challenged to examine our attitudes towards the way we balance work, leisure and family time, and to remember God’s call to honour the sabbath. According to research done by Canada’s Vanier Institute on the Family, and according to the experience of millions of […]
Vulnerability and Connection
In her essay ‘Thoughts on the Meaning of Frailty,’ Wendy Lustbader, M.S.W. encapsulates many people’s thoughts on aging, “We have come to fear frailty more than death. We imagine being “put” in a nursing home, like a jar on a lonely shelf. Will a parade of paid strangers take care of me someday? Such images […]
Avoiding marriage breakdown
A lot of people make the mistake of thinking they do not have marriage problems because they don’t argue much, and do a pretty good job looking after the family responsibilities. According to research this simply is not true. One study by the California Divorce mediation found that the most common reason given for divorcing […]
The power of forgiveness – 2 of 3
Last week, I told a story that a 36-year-old mom shared with me about how she finally forgave her abusive father for his unspeakable behaviour toward her when she had been a young teenager. She told me how, when she finally did forgive her dad, she’d felt a notable freedom from the weight she’d been […]
Addictions: Roots And Recovery
“As long as we are still wrestling with the problems of desire and gratification, the world will be perceived as not meeting our desire. If it doesn’t have to ‘satisfy’ us then the more free we are to find the material world a gift. The more our desire is for God, the more we can […]
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