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God's Church or Family Conglomerate?

When you have a mind like mine that decides to stay awake at some odd hours, you can’t help but pick up the laptop and write. So here is what I am pondering on:   Have you ever wondered why and how God’s business has been made some kind of a family conglomerate? Due to the fact that churches today are being run like a company where multiple activities are carried out, there is the need to want to keep things in family. What happened to what Jesus meant about “going about my Father’s business...” in Luke 2:41-52? I know you might say church matter is still a business. I get that part, but what I don’t get is when some people go as far as working so hard to keep it in the family. That is, a minister sets ups a church, then grooms his son, daughter, or son in-law to take over in the case where he is no longer able to run the affairs of the church. Please someone tell me, where is it in the Bible that such act should be practiced? And please for Pete’s sake, don’t you dare tell me a

Gratitude: One Key to fighting depression.

As a counseling intern, I have been privileged to sit in a room with some of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life. Now, I say that with all sincerity. They are amazing to me because of what they have had to, and continue to endure. However, one common theme with every of my clients is the depression and anxiety they present. You may say, but everyone goes through issues, they ought to get over themselves, suck it up and get on with life; I can imagine you say that because I have thought that way, though I never said it out loud, but in getting to know these people, I find out that it takes a lot more to get out of your "funk," and just be happy. While some require medication, others just require to be taught some coping skills. One coping skill that has worked for me personally when I find myself in a "funk" is what I gladly share with my clients. There is power in finding something to be grateful for in life. When Solomon wrote in Proverbs 17: 22