Worksheets Now Available!

September 1, 2025September 4, 2025 / trotters41 / Leave a comment

I have so enjoyed teaching and utilizing some of these tools all over the world for over a decade now.

Now, for all my therapist/missionary care/pastoral counselor friends out there, as well as anyone else who might find handouts useful…

I’m excited to start offering them in a more professional manner.

Now available:
The Shapes Diagram
The Triangle
The Stoplight Tool

The Stoplight Tool is available for $2.99 here. You can read more about it here.

The Shapes Diagram and The Triangle are available for $4.99 here. Read more about them here.

These resources are NOT a substitute for professional mental health help or treatment. If you are experiencing a mental health challenge or crisis, it is crucial to seek medical help and/or advice from a licensed mental health professional who can provide personalized guidance and support.

The Window {a poem}

May 11, 2025 / trotters41 / Leave a comment

They gather here for their daily bread,
and a drink,
Unaware that behind this window is another.

There, a portal opens to an El Salvadorian summer,
a Central African power outage,
a thick Indonesian night.
Paris.

Does he not care more for you than the birds of the yard?

There is such beauty in the large, grand things;
the great arc of justice or rainbow.

But there is beauty too in the miniscule;
the bird on wing,
the hosta’s veiny leaf.
The heart at rest.

Not even a cardinal can fall but that he takes notice and sees.

The world is loud and gaudy, demanding we be afraid,
and drown.
Thanatos lives here.
But there is more.

The rain falls on the righteous and the unrighteous.

I will not fear, for through both windows I see the Father at work,
tending,
mending.

I see the living among the dead.

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For Podcast Lovers! Two new episodes…

December 8, 2023 / trotters41 / Leave a comment

I had the chance to talk about a bunch of ideas from Digging in the Dirt on a couple of different podcasts recently. Read about what we discussed, and check ‘em out!

The Clarity Podcast with Dr. Aaron Santmyire: We talked about married sexuality, the danger of centering America in the story of global Christianity, why not to call our kids “world changers,” the uniqueness of having a work spouse, Shiny Happy People, and more.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0xHJ0ksF3Z8pc3W6G8fkJh…

Podcast website: https://the-clarity-podcast.captivate.fm/

Missionary Life with Sarita Hartz: We talked about the fun stuff like depression, anxiety, the “missionary life cycle,” and the important distinction between anger and aggression. It’s a vital conversation for those in missions and pretty much everyone else too.