Dr. Linda Homeyer will be coming to do a workshop “Integrating Sandtray Therapy into Your Work with Children and Families” on Friday, March 2, 2012 at Gay Caldwell Roper Center at Houston’s First Baptist Church. You can read all about the details and register online here.
Friday, March 2 @ 9a-4p
7401 Katy Freeway, Suite 602,
Houston, TX 77024
Mary Ring
Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 10:01PM Cosponsored by Gay Caldwell Roper Center for Counselor Education
And LifeSpring Counseling Services
Friday, January 13, 2012 – Overview of Theraplay
Presenter: Mary Ring, Certified Theraplay Therapist and Trainer
Tuesday – Friday, January 24 – 27, 2012 – Level One Introductory Theraplay
Trainer: Mary Ring & additional trainer from Theraplay Institute
Friday, March 2, 2012 – Integrating Sandtray for Children and Families
Presenter: Linda Homeyer
Wednesday – Friday, March 7 – 9 Intermediate Theraplay & MIM Training
Trainer: Mary Ring & additional trainer if needed (must have completed
Introductory Theraplay training 3 months previous to this)
(Possible May Training to be posted later)
Friday, June 8, 2012 – Family Play Therapy – Presenter: Mary Ring
More worshops are planned to help get the 150 hours training for RPT certification and
will be listed in the near future. They will be scheduled in conjunction with
The Theraplay Institute in Chicago due to credentialing of CEUs.
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 11:03AM FROM NEWWAY MINISTRIES (LARRY CRABB):
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
A few thoughts on one verse:
"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you", your Father will give you everything you need (Matthew 6: 33).
Can I wish Merry Christmas to my recently divorced friend? Can I wish Happy New Year to another friend just diagnosed with cancer, to another who enters 2012 unemployed? Or is the meaning of those holiday greetings appropriate only for my "blessed" friends?
Three days before Christmas, Rachael and I enjoyed a sleigh ride through fields of Christmas lights with our three Cleveland granddaughters. Our Christmas is merry. And with our 45 years of strong marriage, two godly sons, two beautiful daughters-in-law, and five healthy grandkids, our new year promises to be happy.
BUT! Why does Jesus begin His call to live well with the word "but"? Look back at verse 32. He has just told us that hopes for a good life of blessings "dominate the thoughts of unbelievers". I like my good life of blessings. But does my desire for those blessings to continue dominate my thoughts? Is that my deepest wish, my highest hope for a merry Christmas and a happy new year? Is there a greater good?
Only one Person fully knew the kind of merry and happy life that comes from putting first things first, the kind of secure rest that depends on trusting our Father to give us everything we need to live a truly "good" life. To the degree Jesus is formed in me as I celebrate Christmas 2011 and enter 2012, my richest thoughts, my highest ambitions, my deepest desires will center on knowing God and making His nature known to others by the way I relate. I will die to self, live for God and in the process, discover who I really am. Is Jesus really formed in me?
In Bethlehem, God declared war on Satan and his ways. Self-centeredness appeared in the cross-hairs of divine love. Sweet baby Jesus (who probably did cry in the manger) became the Divine Warrior who, by incarnating God's kingdom for 33 years and securing its reign in our lives through His crucifixion and resurrection (Easter is coming), knew what it meant to wish us a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Whether you're in a hospital bed or on a sleigh ride with grandkids, whether you're negotiating a divorce or kissing your spouse under mistletoe, whether you're praying for people you love as you celebrate Christmas alone or gathered at a family Christmas dinner, you can relate like Jesus - suffering without complaining, enjoying blessings without feeling entitled to them, revealing God by relating like God. Then, "you will have abundant joy", His kind of joy, and peace "which exceeds anything we can understand" (John 16: 24 and Philippians 4: 7), a divinely merry Christmas and an unconquerdsly happy new year.
On behalf of Rachael, Andi, and Kep, as I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, am I praying that you will enjoy the good things that dominate the thoughts of folks who don't know Jesus? Well, yes! Second things are good!
BUT: Knowing Christ is better. Entering the war against self-obsession, beginning with the battle raging in our own souls, is better. Loving like Jesus in our circle of friends is better. Knowing the joy of seeking first God's kingdom is better. Yielding to the Spirit's plan to form us more like Christ in 2012 is better.
So, until the best will be ours to fully enjoy forever (He is coming!), I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Warmly In Him,
From the "little team" at NewWay
Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 3:10PM |
Register today for the 2012 Infant Mental Health Advocacy Award & Conference at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre January 6-7, 2012 with special guest keynote speaker, Dr. T. Berry Brazelton. Early Bird registration closes December 2nd--be sure to register now to receive the discount!
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Monday, November 28, 2011 at 8:57PM As more and more parents “plug in” for information on how to raise their young children, ZERO TO THREE is meeting the need with our new parenting podcast series Little Kids, Big Questions, generously funded by MetLife Foundation. Little Kids, Big Questions is a series of 12 podcasts that translates the research of early childhood development into practical parenting strategies that mothers, fathers, and other caregivers can tailor to the needs of their own child and family. Topics include brain development, social-emotional development, sleep issues, feeding issues, and more. Click here to listen to or download the podcasts.
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Friday, November 18, 2011 at 9:44PM 