Bible Study

Loneliness Feeling lonely has become all too common in our current isolation required setting. We feel alone and separated from the people we love outside of those we are sheltering in place with. Even though we may be living with people we can still feel very lonely when we do not have the freedom to interact with other people in person. An article from medium.com has this to say about the idea of loneliness, “Researchers define loneliness as perceived social isolation, a feeling of not having the social contacts one would like.” Loneliness is often thought of as a warning […]

Change We are currently living in an unprecedented and unusual time. This is the first time in many of our lives that we are forced into isolation, with most of our friends scattering across the nation and world. We did not expect to be asked to leave campus and stay six feet away from anyone around us. The world is changing very rapidly. Sometimes rules and orders change hours after they are given and there is hardly time to catch our breath before more change is initiated. What are we supposed to do when the world is changing right in […]

Body Image Everyone has a physical body, and everyone has a mental representation of their body. This representation, or image, can at times shape our thoughts, feeling and actions. This image can fill a person with pride, lead to feelings of sadness or perhaps not have any impact. Body image falls under the category of mental health because the way you think about your figure can impact you in profound ways. Let’s look at some clinical definitions for distorted body image, see what the Bible says about your body, and look at a first-hand testimony of dealing with a maladaptive […]

Stress Stress is a seemingly ever-present force in the life of many college students today. According to a study published by Harvard University, three out of four college students reported experiencing at least one stressful life event during the past year. What is stress? In this article, I want to look at what stress is, what the Bible says about it, and some productive ways to deal with the issue. Definition Stress can be defined as a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. Stress is a feeling that every human being […]

The focus of this message: every Christian can defeat worry! We should never allow our worrisome thoughts to control our hearts and minds, we should defeat worry by relying on God’s Word, and putting everything in His hands. Christians can defeat worry, by realizing how valuable they are to God, and His kingdom. ( See Matthew 6:26, 28-30.)      There are 4 ways you can defeat worry: 1) Take worry seriously. Do not get comfortable with your worrisome thoughts.   Don’t allow your thoughts to worry about anything. 2) Remember that worry is not from God. Our worrisome thoughts […]

I remember the first painting of my life. I don’t mean little watercolor paintings and coloring books. I’m talking about paper on the easel, tempera paint, large brush, smock, the whole shebang. It was first grade, Halloween time, and I knew exactly what my painting would look like. Scary house on the right, creepy tree on the left, rickety fence between, witch silhouetted across a silvery moon and a jack-o’-lantern for good measure. I could see it all in my mind’s eye. I watched the other artists out of the corner of my eye and pitied them their lame ideas. […]

Brought to you by: Rebecca Masamitsu I’ve come to a realization about myself in the last few years: I am not good with anger. I don’t mean to imply that I am an “angry person”; anyone who’s familiar with me knows that I’m a very low maintenance, easy going person. What I do mean is that, when it comes to realizing when I should be angry about something and how I handle that anger, I am woefully underprepared.  In my case, it’s the result of my personality combined with lifelong observations of angry people. I’m a very accepting, non confrontational […]

Unfortunately we all experience pain in some form or fashion at some point in our lives. Sometimes its physical and other times its emotional, sometimes its slight and other times its deep, and sometimes the recovery time is quick and sometimes we are unsure if we can ever recover. Many of the challenges with emotional pain boils down to the fact that you can’t see it…Other people may not recognize you are in pain because they don’t see the injury. When are you “better”? What’s the time frame for my pain?  Americans in general do not culturally have a protocol […]

Someone near and dear to me is in the process of getting a divorce. It pains my heart to see this take place in their lives and worry about the days, weeks, months, and years to come and all the ramifications this will have. I of course have been rather introspective about my own relationships. I’m not married nor do I have a “significant other” in mind, but all relationships have the same bare bone necessities. All healthy relationships require mutual respect, love, trust, attention, grace, and understanding. Many people think that their relationships with people have little to nothing […]

My apologies for the late post, I was traveling outside of the country this last week for work with little time or access to finish this. Now I’m operating off of little sleep and jet lag, so bear with me. When I returned home from my travels, I had a slew of problems that arose in my apartment, making life very frustrating, including not having internet access to help address the issues. So many little problems compounding into such frustration that I actually used foul language!! I know, I know, I repented, but I did find myself asking God “Why? […]