Category Archives: Social work

The expanded role of medical doctors

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Wisdomforlife

Although doctors are primarily charged with caring for physical health, over the last three to four decades, doctors have been called to take the role that was once reserved for a different profession. Continue reading →

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Four reactions to culture

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Wisdomforlife

Wisdom calls us to engage in truth-based dialogue and persuasion in settings like family, work, community and government… Continue reading →

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A danger to ourselves

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Wisdomforlife

Our demand for freedom without limits has contributed to profound short-term thinking and devolved into forms of self-serving individualism that threaten the stability and future of our communities and, perhaps even, our nation itself.
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No belief is true for everyone

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Wisdomforlife

“Nothing is universally true.”
“All generalizations are false.”
“No belief is true for everyone.”
“Everything is relative.”
“Everyone’s beliefs are true or false only relative to himself.” Continue reading →

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God of the vulnerable

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

“What a contrast. We see God, the most potent and self-sufficient Power imaginable, continually expressing profound concern for the least potent and self-sufficient — the orphan in distress.” Continue reading →

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Suffering in silence

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

She finally gained the necessary courage to tell me a story that she had kept to herself until that point. Continue reading →

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Common grace and common good

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

We are called to be agents of common grace who are committed to the welfare of the city of our exile. Continue reading →

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6 Affirmations for the Church

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

The six affirmations RC wrote in response to these trends are even more relevant today. Continue reading →

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A night in solitary confinement

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

“Colorado’s Head of Department of Corrections, Rick Raemish, changed his thinking about Solitary Confinement (Ad Seg) after spending 20 hours in a cell.” Continue reading →

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Questions for Church leaders

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Wisdomforlife

How does the average person in the church understand life-change and spiritual transformation in relation to bio-psychiatry, pharmacology and medicine? Continue reading →

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