What Happens When You Die?

By Harold W. Anderson, Ph.D., LMFT, M.Div. I attended the funeral of a good friend recently.  Her son and husband did the eulogy and did a very good job.  However, following that, the minister started speaking.  In his words, we received insight into what he thought happened after we die.  Quoting from John 14, aContinue reading “What Happens When You Die?”

Am I speaking your language?

By Harold W. Anderson, M.A., M.Div., Ph.D., LMFT As with every discipline, mental health and its related fields have developed its own vocabulary.  Learning how to become a mental health professional includes learning how to be comfortable with and utilize this form of discourse.  However, when one moves into the field and begins working withContinue reading “Am I speaking your language?”

Goodness, not Self-Interest, Is Our Truth

Sermon based on I Peter 1:17-22, written by Harold W. Anderson, Ph.D. on April 18, 1999 Let me begin this morning by telling you several different scenarios.  I want you to think about each one and answer to yourself what you think you would do in these different circumstances.  Here’s the first scenario: You areContinue reading “Goodness, not Self-Interest, Is Our Truth”

Loving a Façade: The Powerful Deception of Abuse

A human being is spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is the self? The self is a relation that relates itself to itself or is the relation’s relating itself to itself in the relation; the self is not the relation but is the relation’s relating itself to itself. A humanContinue reading “Loving a Façade: The Powerful Deception of Abuse”