Counsel the Heart of Culture

The shared stories of our culture provide “windows to the heart,” revealing timeless themes of brokenness and grace, and the enduring power of love. Whether in film, song, or our own personal narrative, all drama contains echoes of the greater Story, inviting us to enter in and engage, and setting the stage for the Wonderful Counselor to speak to our hearts...

Friday, March 16, 2012

If Only... and Midnight in Paris

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(No.2 in a series on the 2011 Oscar Films) "I find that the further I go back, the better things were, whether they happened or not...

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Telling Your Story

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Interrupting our look at the Oscar movies of this past year to ask, "How well do you know your own story? Are you able to speak the mea...

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Moneyball, and the Father's Blessing

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(No. 1 in a series on the 2011 Oscar Films) There’s a scene in the Oscar-nominated film Moneyball that took my breath away. But hold that...

Friday, February 10, 2012

Glorious Forgiveness

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Counselor Ed Welch shares the story of a young man who left Christianity behind, only to show up at a worship service later in life. When Ed...

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Who is Your Father? (Impossible Parenting 2)

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I'm convinced that most Christians know about God's love in theory, but in practice, tend to have a warped view of Him as "Fa...

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Impossible Parenting, Part 1

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You would think a guy who counsels others and has raised 3 kids of our own (my youngest is now 17) would have this parenting thing down to a...

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Our Greatest Need for the New Year

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Our greatest need for this new year is not to resolve to turn over a new leaf, be more religious, or get more disciplined. Rather, it's ...

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Stephen Trout: Director of Counseling for The Fields Church, (thefieldschurch.org); husband, father (& now grand-father!); poet, lover of good stories, film, and all creative expression. I love being with my wife, enjoying good food, conversation, and French roast coffee...and being an explorer of the human heart and culture as a reflection of the Great Artist's heart.

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