Bill McDonald's Newsletter - Archive

“In” Love

Some years ago, when I was reading many of the works of Charles Williams,1 I came across a brief theatrical interlude between Mary & Joseph: Mary:  “Joseph

August 5, 2024

Making Decisions

Sometimes, clients will come to me to help make “an important decision.” Over the years, I’ve discovered and developed a protocol for making decisions, that

May 13, 2024

Jacob’s Wound / God’s Wounding

One of my favorite counseling stories from the Old Testament is the account of Jacob wrestling with God “by the ford of the river Jabbok.”

April 3, 2024

Pacifism or Passivity

Let me begin with a story I’ll frequently share with clients. The Old Monk and the Cobra Somewhere in the Indian subcontinent, there’s a village.

March 15, 2024

Despise Nothing, Honor Everything

This is one of those “my father taught me” statements. And that’s how I speak of it whenever I teach it to my clients. Truth

February 1, 2024

What Now?

Last year, as every year, ended with a narrative about the Holy Birth of a Prince of Peace. Born in innocence and vulnerability Now, The

January 1, 2024

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