by WillowCreekRenia | Nov 13, 2023 | Updates
Most of us don’t enjoy conflict. The idea of engaging in conflict often feels overwhelming, scary, or discouraging. Part of the reason a lot of us avoid conflict is that we haven’t learned what healthy conflict looks like. Many of us find ourselves in the same...
by WillowCreekRenia | Nov 2, 2023 | Updates
When God created humans, Adam and Eve were secure in who they were, children of God, made in His image. As long as they continued talking to God and walking with Him in the garden, their identities were secure. Unfortunately, after they sinned, Adam and Eve forgot who...
by WillowCreekRenia | Oct 18, 2023 | Updates
What is forgiveness? Why forgive? Forgiveness is not merely accepting what happened or ceasing to be angry. Rather, it involves a voluntary transformation of your feelings, attitudes, and behavior, so that you are no longer dominated by resentment and can express...
by WillowCreekRenia | Oct 9, 2023 | Updates
Sharing your story in the presence of an attuned person brings healing. We cannot change the events of our stories, but we can change the way we experience our stories. In a group focused on narrative therapy, you allow others to know you. You give them power to be...
by WillowCreekRenia | Oct 2, 2023 | Updates
Get to know you, We all go through life having that “imposter syndrome” as the world puts it. We often have these questions. “God, you really want me to do this?” “Who am I to say these things to people?” Who am I to face this giant?” While these are all great...
by WillowCreekRenia | Oct 2, 2023 | Updates
Relationships are the place of our deepest wounding but also our deepest healing. In Attachment theory, the way that you build relational trust is through the cycle of rupture and repair. When there is rupture in relationship, it can actually build trust if you repair...