Published by Thriving Family Magazine Were you ever bullied on the playground? Or called names by the neighbor kid? Do you have an annoying co-worker? A friend (or spouse) who pushes your buttons? As a kid, I’ll never forget my mom admonishing me, “Josh, kill them with kindness.” But what does this mean? The motive [...]
Published by Thriving Family Magazine Growing up, my sister and I often went to our grandmother’s house for sleepovers. As our parents dropped us off, they would threaten us with that infamous warning, “Now you kids be good, do you hear?” How often have you said that as a parent? Right before you offer up [...]
Josh and his wife Christi recently made a move across the country. Josh is now the Executive Pastor of Family Ministries at WoodlandHills Family Church (www.woodhills.org) and the Executive Director of TwoIgnite (www.twoignite.com). Please pray for Josh and Christi in this transition and their upcoming new season together in Branson, MO!
I have been thinking commonly about the glory of God. As I question my purpose and reason for living, I have come to the conclusion based on the Bible that I exist to glorify God–solely. So that’s what I do. I try to live my life in a way that glorifies God. Before I depart each [...]
I haven’t blogged recently but have felt an increasing desire and nudging of late to do so. Perhaps because of a life story I cannot seem to get out of my head. Let me explain. As we go about our daily lives we interact with different people on many relational levels, from spouses, siblings, relatives, [...]
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Why are so many people in their 20′s taking so long to grow up? If you parent, work with, teach, or counsel Millennials in any capacity this NY Times article released on August 18th, 2010 is very informative. Please click here for article.
The following link is the powerpoint presentation to Josh’s second session at the National House of Hope Conference in Orlando, FL on August 20th, 2010. And for those of you who were in attendance, don’t forget Ruth the Moabite, and how just one woman who didn’t look back can literally change the world! National House of Hope is [...]
The following is Josh’s powerpoint presentation from his workshop at the National House of Hope Conference on August 19th, 2010. Simply click on the link below. National House of Hope is a non-denominational, not-for-profit organization established to serve as a catalyst to the development of a network of Houses of Hope, Christian residential programs for [...]
Is God dead? Is he nothing more than a figment of our imagination and crutch for the psychologically weak to lean on for security in life? Or is God real? Can we know him? Trust him for everyday life? Believe him? Billions of people say they believe in God, but does he make a difference in our everyday life? In God Attachment, Drs. Tim Clinton and Joshua Straub help explain why you believe, act, and feel the way you do about God.
For those of you who attended Josh’s workshop at the 2009 American Association of Christian Counselors World Conference titled Attachment: The Antidote to Trauma, you can download the powerpoint slide here.
Adds family counselor Joshua Straub, Ph.D., of Lynchburg, Virginia: “Parents may not even realize they’re doing it. But a lot of times their personality clicks better with one child than the other. So they give the favored child a lot of special treatment or are easier on that child in terms of punishment. There may already be some bad feelings between the siblings, but this favoritism just adds fuel to the fire.”
God Attachment Guitars. Gospel. And God. Love him or hate him, there’s no denying Johnny Cash lived with passion. Though his journey was packed full of arrests, affairs, and addiction, he battled through it all to become one of America’s most legendary and iconic singers of all time. In the award-winning movie about him, Walk [...]
I think often. Maybe too much. I ponder the polarities of life and death, purpose and meaninglessness, love and apathy, intimacy and loneliness, pleasure and pain, responsibility and laziness. Too often, (at least from my perspective) we fail to personally grapple with the difficult questions raised by these life provocations. Instead we defy the [...]
Cutting. Dusting. Choking. Salvia. And no I’m not referring to cutting vegetables, cleaning your house or choking on your saliva-though that would be weird too. This is more serious than that. Way more serious.
Words you didn’t hear five years ago have now become common vernacular in a youth culture desperate for healing. Cutting-to desperately relieve the internal pain and depression. Using Dust Off ®-an aerosolized computer keyboard cleaner that contains compressed gas-to get high. Choking oneself to enter a euphoric state. And Salvia-an halluncinogenic herb only banned in eight states-more powerful than and considered to be the next marijuana. New fads. More teen deaths.
There are grandmas. And then, there are Me-maws. I had a Me-maw.
As a boy I went to her house often. Special moments were Sunday’s after church when my family got together and turned the peaceful ambience of her home into playful chaos. My sister and I wrestled and nitpicked. Dad and I whipped each other with wet towels we had used to dry the dishes. The real fun was seeing who would end up with the bright orange, “Special $.99” sticker from the chip bag, on their back. After lunch, we napped, played cards, or watched football.
I lived every kid’s dream of being loved.
I am not sure why I talked to him. I never talk to anyone on a plane. I just relax. It’s “me” time. Yet our conversation lasted for an hour and a half. He intrigued me. As the conversation grew deeper I knew I wasn’t talking to the average man. This guy was brilliant. At first we shared stories. Traveling tales if you will…of experiences we have had flying with other passengers, airline personnel, missed flights, airplane mishaps, and…oh yea, the pleasantries of going through security. But this man knew more than just tales and stories. There was purpose behind every question he was asking me about my flying experience.
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