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It's true, our habits serve to create predictable routines from which we, and those counting on us, feel safe. Habits give us a sense of sameness and solidarity (i.e. holding hands around the camp fire at summer camp, singing ’Kumbaya‘). It's also true that our habits direct our attention away from a serious examination of the evidence. What is also predictable is a kind of captivity awaiting those who act out of ignorance or anything short of wisdom. “Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; their honored men go hungry, and their multitude is parched with thirst (Is 5:13).”
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By Roderick Logan, DPTh, CFTP "It is only after we become overly exuberant about our material successes that seeds of religious doubt are planted. When we put too much stock in material achievement and take excessive delight in material indulgence we dull the voice of our soul and its calling of faith (Rabbi Lazer Gurkow)."
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/825476/jewish/When-Faith-Breeds-Confidence.htm By Roderick Logan, DPTh, CFTP The underlying concept of unity stems from two powerful ideas, mutual love and mutual respect. Remember, unity is not sameness. Rather, it is the couple, the family, the congregation, the team, or the people working together to move in the same direction. And, when love and respect are shared; when they are mutual attributes of the relationship, then unity is realized.
What about love and respect? By Roderick Logan, DPTh, CFTP What is THE first of the Creator’s creations? Hint: It isn't listed in Genesis chapter 1. ”The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old; I was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began (Pro 8:22-23).“ And the answer is...
By Roderick Logan, DPTh, CFTP What does it mean to hear the LORD’s instructions and act accordingly? On this topic, many of us grapple with obedience and so we often ask the question, “What should I do?” This is particularly timely as we enter into the new year (2017) and are making New Year’s resolutions - goals of what we believe we should or we desire to achieve.
In truth, this question cannot be answered until a higher question is answered... |
Roderick Logan, DPTh, CFTPRoderick is an Adoption Educator and Trauma Professional with Christian Family Care, in Phoenix, Arizona. He is an alum of Grand Canyon University and holds a Master’s in Biblical Counseling and a Doctorate in Practical Theology from Master’s International University of Divinity. He is a Certified Family Trauma Professional with the Arizona Trauma Institute and the International Association of Trauma Professionals. Archives |
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