Helen Thorne is the Director of Training and Resources at Biblical Counselling UK. She is an experienced speaker, counsellor and author.
One of the great privileges of being involved in pastoral care is asking people questions that will help them reflect afresh on their heart, their life and their loving Lord.
Trouble is, often we’re far better at asking those questions than having them asked of us.
What will you be praying for others (and yourself) this Christmas?
Helen Thorne suggests a Christmas prayer based on Mary's Song in Luke chapter 1.
How do you feel about the wrong desires that lurk deep within? When we become controlling, does that bother us? When we get irritable, do we resolve to work on our own hearts rather than lash out at the other person?
To put the questions another way, are we more like King Amon or King Josiah?
Helen Thorne reflects on 2 Kings.
How do you feel about death? Helen Thorne has been asking that question recently and found that people are often keen to talk.
The world of psychiatry can seem a confusing place to those of us not medically trained. In his short, accessible, book Mike Emlet helps us engage with those who have received diagnoses – and their families and friends – with wisdom and care.