In this month’s Briefing Rachel Pettett writes about her experience with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), now in a third year. The article is not available online, although you can purchase a pdf copy of the magazine. As Rachel writes about how the illness has impacted on her life, aspirations, sense of self and relationship with …

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The summary: “always err on the shorter time…both in how long you stay and how long you wait to go.” is very helpful. Don’t wait to go and don’t stay too long. There are many wise thoughts on the issue of time.  How long should we stay when we visit?  When is it urgent enough that …

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Long title, helpful material. David Powlison provides a guest post on Between Two Worlds. First he observes that this comedy sketch by Bob Newhart has a lot in common with some forms of contemporary counseling. Back in the day this was the common caricature of ‘nouthetic counselling’. Powlison then gives a half dozen contrasts between …

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