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We have begun a period of transition and discernment within the Counseling Department at Covenant Seminary, and we’re inviting you—our students, alumni, and the wider church—to help us think through what it might look like to face the kinds of questions we all ask when we are in the midst of change and transition.

Though pastors and counselors have the same ultimate goal in mind, they often approach the process of helping hurting people in different ways and from different perspectives. Dr. Paul Loosemore offers some thoughts on how they can work in tandem to usher people toward God and his designs for life, which will result in changed hearts and experiences.

When our friends, family, or spouse seem really “down” or apathetic for a while, it isn’t long until we start wondering about the “D word.” Maybe it’s a whispered suggestion: “Do you think they might be depressed?” But are they really?

We’re all in different stages of growth as human beings. How does it change our view of others if we allow ourselves to consider their ongoing development and not just our experience of them?

In order to spiritually mature, we must identify the formative cultural contexts that are working against us to provide alternate values to the gospel.