<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 10:45:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/created/counseling/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Patient Listener: My Reflections on Biblical Counseling]]></title><description><![CDATA[I chose this topic for the last reading response because this is our report topic, together with Ms. Rhea. The title is "Why Biblical Counseling and not Psychology?" 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This topic made me reflect on the gap between knowing about the Gospel and truly living it out in everyday life. Ms. Anne]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@lengaj-6/more-than-a-smile-finding-god-in-the-quiet-struggles-of-student-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@lengaj-6/more-than-a-smile-finding-god-in-the-quiet-struggles-of-student-life</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152593]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lengaj-6]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 11:04:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmS5sYkZtPgPoth3d7Jy1JhPUTJRirVH9ohF2JELjELhwh/studentlife.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Counseling and the Sinfulness of Humanity]]></title><description><![CDATA[The discussion made me aware of the complete contrast between what Scripture says about how people are compared to what current culture teaches. I came to see that our primary issue is low confidence,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@rhea-rec/counseling-and-the-sinfulness-of-humanity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@rhea-rec/counseling-and-the-sinfulness-of-humanity</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152593]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhea-rec]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 10:40:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How People Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've learned from reading Chapter 3 of How People Change that each of us interprets life in a way that can impact our way of living. We instantly focused on what the passage refers to as "the human]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@rhea-rec/how-people-change</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@rhea-rec/how-people-change</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152593]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhea-rec]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 15:27:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Molding the Heart: My Journey of Trusting God’s Process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before joining the class, I read the assigned text for today's topic. The title of Ms. Diane's report is Here’s Where God Is Taking You: How People Change. 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This discussion made me realize]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@lengaj-6/a-safe-space-for-the-imperfect-what-i-learned-about-soul-care</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@lengaj-6/a-safe-space-for-the-imperfect-what-i-learned-about-soul-care</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152593]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lengaj-6]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 05:26:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennApVfmYcMXa5Mgi2fo6z1DQaipAZxbtrXK2GWhJdbeUr35ZuVUJVG33r62fpjfQBiFsiciHb51o2BFrxMBYqj7ZBt6Vyhg1taoEU9BTXGzLz5hSoQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gospel Gap]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Gospel Gap and 2 Peter 1:3-9 taught me the importance of the gospel, where Jesus died to rescue us from our sins and offers us eternal life. But this information is sometimes found hard to describe]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@rhea-rec/the-gospel-gap</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@rhea-rec/the-gospel-gap</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152593]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhea-rec]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:09:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennC6WodTo7ghWsC1zrU1qSxEHPae9KievZ3dLauVJSeAmuBuxDrzC9XxPE2EXA4tNE3LmBaXesvWgwGaPCbYvGV9BP6uRpVJzLJ6PPYxLaUpkKorTp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shepherd of the Psyche: Defining the Soul Through the Word of God.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anxiety and depression are controversial in today’s generation. 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But as time passed, this changed. Many began to prefer counseling from psychologists instead.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@cooperpilgrim/biblical-counseling-in-recent-times-by-david-powlinson</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@cooperpilgrim/biblical-counseling-in-recent-times-by-david-powlinson</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152593]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cooperpilgrim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:47:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Counseling and the Sinfulness of Humanity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sin is the problem of every person today. Humanity has a fallen nature because of Adam’s sin, and it continues to affect all people. Even though God forgave Adam, the result of his sin was passed on to]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@cooperpilgrim/counseling-and-the-sinfulness-of-humanity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@cooperpilgrim/counseling-and-the-sinfulness-of-humanity</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152593]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cooperpilgrim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:13:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The  Work of the Holy Spirit and Biblical Counseling]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the book "Counseling: How to Counsel Biblically Chapter 6: The Work of the Holy Spirit and Biblical Counseling by John MacArthur" I realized that the Holy Spirit is the one who truly changes]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@cooperpilgrim/the-work-of-the-holy-spirit-and-biblical-counseling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/hive-152593/@cooperpilgrim/the-work-of-the-holy-spirit-and-biblical-counseling</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152593]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cooperpilgrim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:48:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Motivation Fails: Trusting the Process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reading the 3rd chapter of How People Change, by Lane and Tripp, he describes life as filled with questions, and the questions always start with “how” and “why” because we are curious. 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Here in chapter 13, we will see the kind of heart that produces such godly fruit. The 13th chapter started with]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/hive-173575/@rzc24-nftbbg/curing-the-wayward-heart-finding-healing-in-the-fountain-of-living-water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/hive-173575/@rzc24-nftbbg/curing-the-wayward-heart-finding-healing-in-the-fountain-of-living-water</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rzc24-nftbbg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:08:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQLha5A6dpRUYNKZdZTVWofRCrJZVwsP2NLw2J6bRRA5GT8RgtRg48E4R7fMQg2aVoHn8QV821YPw2ui63wQ65FYmxJnQoyuBMmKGs7mrkh8PqsLJnKAEvi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fruit of the Cross: When Seemingly Impossible Situations Meet a Transforming God]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tomorrow will be our last session in our Introduction to Biblical Counseling class. 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