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		<title>Depression, Catastrophizing, and Elijah</title>
		<link>http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/21/depression-catastrophizing-and-elijah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Quinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catastrophizing exaggerates our troubles and is often linked to depression. God’s gracious dealing with Elijah in 1 Kings 19 gives us a model for dealing with our own and others’ distorted sense of helplessness. The “RRPL” response gives practical steps to move toward God for restored perspective and hope. <a href="http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/21/depression-catastrophizing-and-elijah/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Partner with the BCC: Our New BCC Partner Program Q&amp;A</title>
		<link>http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/20/partner-with-the-bcc-our-new-bbc-partner-program-qa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BCC Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BCC has just launched the BCC Partner Program. It is a significant new way that you can partner with the BCC in accomplishing our mission of multiplying the ministry of the biblical counseling movement. Our BCC Partner Program Q &#38; A serves as a great way to introduce you to this new opportunity. <a href="http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/20/partner-with-the-bcc-our-new-bbc-partner-program-qa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Depression and Imbalanced Approaches</title>
		<link>http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/20/depression-and-imbalanced-approaches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilly Park</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As biblical counselors, how do we seek to balance the physical and the spiritual (the whole person) when counseling someone struggling with depression? <a href="http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/20/depression-and-imbalanced-approaches/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>BCC Weekend Media Resource: Biblical Counseling, the Church, and Mental Illness</title>
		<link>http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/18/bcc-weekend-media-resource-biblical-counseling-the-church-and-mental-illness/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/18/bcc-weekend-media-resource-biblical-counseling-the-church-and-mental-illness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 09:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BCC Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We describe the BCC’s Grace &#038; Truth blog as “Voices from the Biblical Counseling Community.” The modern biblical counseling movement spans a diverse spectrum of people and organizations committed to a view of people helping summarized by the Biblical Counseling Coalition’s Confessional Statement  It is with this diversity in mind that we have recently run a series of posts addressing the important issue of Biblical Counseling, the Church, and Mental Illness.  <a href="http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/18/bcc-weekend-media-resource-biblical-counseling-the-church-and-mental-illness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friday’s 5 to Live By</title>
		<link>http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/17/fridays-5-to-live-by-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BCC Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each Friday our BCC staff links you to the top 5 biblical counseling and Christian living blog posts of the week—posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living. <a href="http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/17/fridays-5-to-live-by-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Biblical Counseling Perspective on Mental Illness</title>
		<link>http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/16/a-biblical-counseling-perspective-on-mental-illness/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/16/a-biblical-counseling-perspective-on-mental-illness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Kellemen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/?p=5048</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My good friend, David Murray, in a post entitled Maximizing and Minimizing Mental Illness, correctly indicated that a person’s view of mental illness could be wrongly explored from the perspective of sin maximizing or body minimizing. David further urged biblical counselors to clearly communicate their perspective. I write this post in response to David’s wise counsel. What perspective shapes a biblical counseling view…of life, of counseling, of people, of mental illness? <a href="http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/16/a-biblical-counseling-perspective-on-mental-illness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Illness and Compassion</title>
		<link>http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/15/mental-illness-and-compassion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Hodges</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a medical doctor and biblical counselor, there is something I do need to talk about. A lot of questions have been raised about the relationship between terrible outcomes for struggling individuals and the attitude of the church toward the concept of mental illness. Some of what I have read has been constructive. Some of it has muddied the water. <a href="http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/15/mental-illness-and-compassion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Church’s Mission and Psychiatric Disorders</title>
		<link>http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/15/the-churchs-mission-and-psychiatric-disorders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Cheong</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/?p=5024</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are a church member or ministry leader you might find yourself filled with a sense of compassion when face with parishioners struggling with mental illness, but it is eclipsed by feelings of fear, ignorance, and incompetence. In your head you affirm the gospel is enough for those living with mental illness but in your heart you find yourself tentative, unsure of how the gospel can tangibly make a difference not just for eternity, but here and now. <a href="http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/15/the-churchs-mission-and-psychiatric-disorders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned from the Dark Valley of Depression</title>
		<link>http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/14/lessons-learned-from-the-dark-valley-of-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/14/lessons-learned-from-the-dark-valley-of-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Tautges</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s post, The Mind, Body, and Medications, concluded with mention of the experience of Bob Somerville whose lengthy testimony concludes Dr. Laura Hendrickson’s chapter in the new book Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling. Dr. Somerville is a NANC-certified biblical counselor and professor at the Master’s College in Santa Clarita, California. In this gutsy testimony, Bob shares how the grace of God brought him through a deep, dark, and unexpected encounter with depression. <a href="http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/14/lessons-learned-from-the-dark-valley-of-depression/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Mind, Body, and Medications</title>
		<link>http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/13/the-mind-body-and-medications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Tautges</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my ongoing study of the subject of mental/emotional illness, counseling, and the church; I found a very helpful chapter in the recently released book, Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling. The final chapter, “The Complex Mind/Body Connection,” is written by Dr. Laura Hendrickson. As a trained medical doctor, and board-certified psychiatrist, Laura brings insight that is appreciated within the biblical counseling world. <a href="http://biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/blogs/2013/05/13/the-mind-body-and-medications/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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