When the sun shines brightly to warm the earth, on what would normally be a cold January day, I am beckoned outdoors. As I walked through the wooded trails near our home with a friend, I was chattering on about some trivial thing when I stopped short, realizing my friend…
My world has expanded greatly since becoming a counselor. Each month I spend some time with people who are providing medical care in Africa, building friendships in an Islamic mosque, pioneering new work in India and building a new community center in South America. In the course of our sessions,…
We are thankful for all the people God has brought through our doors this year and for the ways He has provided financially for our ministry, and we continue to match people with the counselors they need regardless of what they can afford. Thus far in 2017, we have: Held…
Debbie grew up in the richly diverse community of University City, where ethnic and racial variations have always been a welcome presence. Gaining some insight into the purpose of God’s plan for her life, she realized that these life expenses have enabled her to connect with individuals from a wide…
She came to us because DCFS had told her she was in danger of losing her children. She loved her children, and having grown up in foster care, she couldn’t let that happen. Never being able to trust that anyone would stay, she had developed a manipulative way of relating…
The CrossRoads Board of Directors has just approved our 2017-2019 Strategic Plan. In addition to serving our strong base of clients from local churches and suburbs, we have made Creating Access to Quality Clinical Christian Counseling for Diverse Populations a strategic goal. We plan to do this in three key…
Poetry invites the writer and the reader into a moment of awareness and intentionality. When emotions are heightened from pain, joy, or loss it’s prime time to explore and engage the feelings in our internal world. Within those moments we come across contradictions that ultimately reveal our humanity, authenticity, and…
In May, I was among the group of counselors Crossroads sent to Spain to counsel missionaries from all over the world. It was an honor to walk with heroes of the faith who go through dangers on the field typically seen only on CNN. Somehow watching a screen offers a…
An experience of opposites – exciting and exhausting; the rich warm fellowship of co-laborers for Christ and entering into the cold realities of pain and brokenness; expecting to serve and yet being treated like a guest at the head table. These juxtapositions summarize my experience in Spain. It was such…
Jeremy Ruckstaetter, PhD, joins the CrossRoads team offering decades of experience and study to our practice. Jeremy is a lifetime learner with a passion for music and a focus on caring for ministry leaders and their families. His therapy applies his extensive academic training and experience to couples and families,…
