On this anniversary, I am reflecting on a post from 2006. The Trekkers My crisp new passport arrived yesterday. The blank pages seem pretty deflating, considering that my last one was stuffed with adventurous stamps given by grouchy officials sitting on high stools, inside their glass boxes, flourescent lights glinting the flickering computer screen that tells them I’m just another boring tourist. Of all the stamps, the most memorable, by far, is on page 8. It’s the one I got

This is an attribute of God that really came alive to me in 2015. For a time, it was something I really wrestled with and fought through, but in the end…well, you are going to have to keep reading to find out “the end.” How is He personal: God engages me in a way that influences me.[1] How? God chooses to not be disinterested in His creation. He is aware of and concerned with the details of my life. Why? He sympathizes with my struggles. This is not just what He does, but who

by Krista As you can imagine, the goodness of God is something counselees wrestle through all the time in my office. It is one of those foundational truths that is easy for me to believe on the good days, but when our lives are turned upside down by “bad” things, our theology is put to the test. It is good for me to keep studying this attribute of God’s character when the skies are clear so that I can hold tightly to it when he clouds roll in. In a similar way to the wisdom o

by Krista I am so thankful for the Wonderful Counselor who offers to train me in wisdom as I study His Word. What an awesome task to teach His Word and I find myself frequently overwhelmed by my own inadequacies and totally dependent on Him for wisdom. Today, we look at that attribute of our Holy God. A wonderful attribute of God is His wisdom. Because we are often so acutely aware of our lack of wisdom, it would be hopeless to have nowhere to turn to gain wisdom. Yet, our Fa