Having prayed for him for years as he worked on it, our family was thrilled with Dr. Ed Welch’s book on shame was released this year: Shame Interrupted: How God Lifts the Pain of Worthlessness and Rejection It really is my favorite book from 2012. I encourage you to read it, even if you don’t struggle with overwhelming feelings of badness, not-good-enough-ness, not measuring up, being worthy only of rejection (all descriptors for unbiblical shame) … because someone you know and love probably does. So don’t you want to be equipped to minister the beauty and power of the gospel to the shame-based people in your life? I do. (I…

I’m really going to miss getting to LiveBlog the CCEF Conference this year because I just know it’s going to be great. If you haven’t yet made plans to be with them in Chattanooga this coming October, I hope you will do so soon: 2012 CCEF Conference — “Guilt and Shame” To learn more about the topic of shame, you can order Ed Welch’s new book in just a couple of weeks: Shame Interrupted: How God Lifts the Pain of Worthlessness and Rejection   You can also read my thoughts on this (wonderful!) book in a recent blog I did after reviewing a pre-publication copy: Remnants of Shame Still Cling…

2011  CCEF Conference General Session 6: Tim Lane—The Local Church: A Safe Place?  

Thank you, Dr. Kellemen, for posting your “quotes of notes” and links from your session! What a blessing: The Anatomy of Anxiety (And thanks for the kind words on Twitter (#ccefcon) too. I actually wanted to send you a note on Twitter last night to say thank you … but I am still such a novice re: Twitter that I don’t know how! Like calculus in my MBA program wherein my husband coached me on “HOW to take a derivative” without understanding “WHAT a derivative IS” (not having had math since my sophomore year of HIGH SCHOOL, I still have no idea what a derivative is) … I tweet. I…

2011  CCEF Conference 5th General Session: Mike Emlet – Listening to Prozac?  

Thank you Bob Kellemen for a powerful workshop on anxiety! Thanks, especially, for being the most Scripture-soaked, practical session that I have attended at this conference so far. I was cheering you on as you served us all. Thank you again! Just a few highlights (most are on Twitter at #ccefcon): “We need a more robust, relational approach–a relational discipleship process–not an exhortational event.” “Anxiety is vigilance minus faith in God … anxiety stalks and faith wrestles.” “Are you anxious? Cling to God and God’s people.” “The one-anothering verses of Scripture = our dear friend, we have your back.”   “We are not meant to handle our struggles alone.” “Feel…

2011 CCEF  Conference General Session 4: Ed Welch – What Can You Do Help?  

2011 CCEF Conference: Third General Session (Mike Emlet)  

2011 CCEF Conference  – General Session 2 – Ed Welch: What is Going on Inside? …  

2011  CCEF Conference – General Session 1-David Powlison: Making Sense of Complex Problems