Day 3—A Birthday and A Spiritual Battle in Haiti: Tuesday, 25 May 2010

June 8, 2010

Right after receiving a “Happy 50th Birthday” text from my precious wife, my good friend Pastor Mike Wilkerson was the first one in Haiti to wish me a happy birthday … he confessed that my wife reminded him to do so!  I felt loved anyway!  I was thankful to not only wake up to another [...]

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Day 2–God’s Faithfulness in Haiti: Monday, 24 May 2010

June 4, 2010

I woke up after a good night’s sleep to the smell of an open wood fire, roosters crowing, and goats bleating.  Most Haitians cook outside since homes tend not to have indoor kitchens or bathrooms. By 6:45am I take a quick cold shower-no hot water available, spray on insect repellant from head to toe, eat [...]

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Churches Helping Pastors Conference–Haiti 24-27 May 2010

June 3, 2010

A massive earthquake hit Haiti on 12 January 2010 around 5pm, leaving an estimated 3,000,000 in need of humanitarian aid. At the end of April 2010, I received an invitation to be a part of a team to lead a pastors retreat in Port au Prince, Haiti sponsored by Churches Helping Churches.  We had 1 [...]

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Pastor Robert and a Council of Counselors

May 21, 2010

Pastor Robert Cheong will be attending the Council of Counselors task force this May, in an effort to aid Haitian pastors.
This is the counseling task force that will teach and equip atChurches Helping Pastors in May, where CHC will provide a week-long retreat for the beleaguered Haitian pastors. The team is Robert Cheong from Sojourn Community [...]

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It’s All About Gospel Vision!

May 6, 2010

What does the vision of Sojourn have to do with counseling? Answering this question from a traditional counseling perspective, you might simply say that Sojourn vision’s will reach more people in more communities … more people means more counseling needs which means more counselors needed. This answer is not really wrong but the perspective is [...]

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Biblical Counseling Coalition Summit Meeting, May 3-4, 2010

April 30, 2010

God is strengthening and unifying his church in the area of counseling. For too long, churches have shirked its responsibility in caring for its members as they struggle with life. Churches have allowed the modern therapeutic world to diagnose and deal with the problems of life and as a result, ministry leaders have lost perspective [...]

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When Grief Strikes

March 3, 2010

Just in this year alone, we have had two major earthquakes in the countries of Haiti, and now Chile.  We can only imagine what families are going through with the loss of loved ones from these natural disasters. The media coverage has a way of heightening our senses to the grief, pain, and anguish people [...]

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The Pain of Infertility

February 24, 2010

Married couples rejoice when they find out they are pregnant.  But for those who are unable to conceive, they are flooded with a range of emotions.
Read the compelling article, The Bible and the Pain of Infertility, written by a husband and wife who wrestled with God, themselves and others as they traveled the road of [...]

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Sojourn Counseling Info Meeting–Feb 14, 2010

February 6, 2010

Sojourn Counseling is offering an informational session Sunday, 14 Feb 2010 for anyone interested in finding out more about the counseling ministry.  This meeting is for those who might want to jump in and start training at the beginning of the second quarter-April 2010.
The same informational meeting will be offered twice, in two time slots: [...]

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God Made Reality Real During Haitian Prayer Service

February 4, 2010

This past Saturday evening, over a dozen Sojourn members and ministry leaders brought food and love to share with Haitian refugees evacuated to Louisville from their earthquake-ridden island.  Sojourn partnered with three local churches to rally its members to care and counsel those grieving from loss of loved ones and belongings.   Little did I know [...]

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