Obituary Mikel Lee Lawyer was born in Riverside, CA, to an architect father and a photographer mother. His childhood was full of bike rides to the beach, tennis, and water polo. He graduated from high school in the early 1970’s, and joined the navy immediately after. While Mike was stationed on a submarine, a young […]
An Update on Mike (From Rachel)
“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness…” (Isa. 61:10 “For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.” (Ps. 149:4) On Thursday just […]
Another Cancer Update
Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory (Psalm 73:23–24). Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none […]
Another Boring Cancer Update
I thought I ought to start this post by mentioning a sermon I preached a few weeks ago at trinity Church in Coeur D’Alene. You can find it here. Maybe you should go watch/listen to that before you read further. You should also know that what follows doesn’t change my attitude toward God or my desire […]
When Life Is Hard
Throughout the last 21 years that I’ve been a pastor’s wife, people have asked me how Mike and I met. It is a fairy-tale story that didn’t begin until I was thirty. And, like most fairy-tale stories, there are bad parts and good parts woven together, and my story is no different. Here’s how it […]
Baptism: Definition
I thought I would try to do something that most folks don’t. That is, to discover what baptism is before talking about who should be baptized, who should be doing the baptizing, and how it should be done. Sometimes, looking a word up in the dictionary is a good way to begin one of these […]
Thinking About Context
Dear Bob, I’ll try to address both of your letters in this one. I looked up the link you sent and noticed that at the end of it, after spending a ton of time describing the problem, they gave a simple set of things that would help the person who was suffering from dissociation: “Psychotherapy, […]
Sin: Is It Nurture or Nature
Dear Dr. Lawyer, Thank you for reminding me how proud of I am and quick to judge. I’m realizing how often I judge others and the level of my self-righteousness is dreadful. I never really recognized it until the last year or so and I’m wondering if it is any connection to the folks I’ve […]
Some Thoughts On Homework And…
Some Ways Biblical Counseling Isn’t CBT I view the Biblical Counseling homework as having four helpful effects. First, homework gives more than one input to your situation than just me. I’ve been around for a long time and think I’ve learned a few things about life and godliness, but the homework adds another level to what I […]