 Spotlighted Articles
righteousness, peace and joy: keys to pastoral care and healthy
living
by André H. Roosma
Living in the Kingdom of God, as His beloved children - what a mighty
privilege, and what a great mandate!
Such a great thing requires that we explore the Bible to see what God
has in view when He speaks of this.
I did such a survey and one theme, actually one verse, spoke to me in
particular . . .
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by André H. Roosma
Many times I have seen that scientists discover something, and then
one recognizes that God has given us a similar advice in the Bible,
thousands of years ago.
This too, is the case with the deep meaning of a joyful, affirming
and proud face of . . .
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Life Renewal
- by a renewal of our mind, or...?by André H. Roosma
When negative experiences have left their traces in our life, or when we see
how much better God has designed life to be, we can feel an intense longing
for renewal in our life. I also think of how we can wrestle with specific
sins, bad habits or addictions. Often I heard people sigh: “I whish I
did that!” or: “I whish that I didn’t do this
anymore!” Maybe you recognize some of this.
Then, the important
question must be asked: How does change in our life come about in . . .
A brief review of Transactional Analysis in a Biblical Pastoral
context
by André H. Roosma
As human beings we are influenced strongly in our speaking and acting by what
we experienced in our first years of life.
Many scientists have developed theories on the drives behind our actions.
The Transactional Analysis by Eric Berne and others uses a metaphor of
Inner Parent, Adult and Inner Child, as an instrument to gain
more insight into these drives and to make conscious choices.
Below are some . . .
by André H. Roosma
Certain emotions can be difficult or even tough to experience.
Powerlessness and fear, for example, are such feelings for most of us.
We go to extremes not to feel these emotions.
All kinds of addictions are used for example to numb the experience
of these emotions.
Especially if we have not been guided well as children in experiencing
this kind of emotions, we may prefer to avoid them unconsciously.
The fact that many of us have learned early already to avoid their
feelings – no longer feeling what they feel – may have painful
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by André H. Roosma
Part I
discusses the architecture of our brain and proposes a simplified model for
our emotional and mental processing abilities. This model takes into account
that those abilities have a layered structure and are heavily influenced
by our connections with God and others, and the connections within
ourselves.
In Part II
the
model of Part
I is applied to the processing of traumatic experiences and
difficult emotions.
Part III
investigates attachment pain
and the addictions and/or controlling that can result from trying to numb
it.
Part IV
looks at our unconscious
working models, schema's or life stories that guide
our behaviour. Often these are highly affected by trauma experiences.
Here too, as in the previous parts, the model of Part I helps to get key insights
into the dynamics of human behavior as well as keys to recovery.
In that recovery, the presence of Jesus can play a vital role.
These observations are of vital relevance for anyone involved in helping
people process and/or cope with traumatic experiences, or find freedom from
addictions - both the unaccepted and the socially accepted ones.
on the way out from the valley of pain and depression
by André H. Roosma
In pastoral care I often encounter people who have become aware of some
kind of trauma or trouble they experienced in their life.
In many cases, this trouble started early and took away a lot of joy and
energy from their lives - and often it still continues to steal their joy
and energy. I know this also from my own first-hand experience.
Trauma and all sorts of trouble - or re-emerging memories about it - can
easily rob us of our enthousiasm and energy.
As pastoral workers we easily fall into the trap of focussing all attention
on . . .
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2010-07-14
