by Stephen Ganschow | Mar 2, 2026 | Discipline, Mind Renewal, Trials
I learned recently that the phrase “embrace the suck” is a Marine Corps way of saying: stop treating discomfort like a threat, treat it like training. That mindset is foreign to most of us. We don’t want “the suck” at all. In fact, most of us live in a...
by Stephen Ganschow | Dec 30, 2024 | Biblical Counseling, Discipleship, Discipline
In the time I have been a biblical counselor and a pastor, I have written, taught, and mused on the subject matter of “habits” many times. I even wrote a piece this past fall on Christian life habits (recommended read for New Year resolution biblical reading a prayer,...
by Bruce Roeder | Feb 26, 2024 | Discipline, Fathers, Instruction, Parenting
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.1 The NASB uses the word “train,” and the CSB uses the word “start.” As we will see later, the terms mean the same thing. This well-known Proverb is frequently misunderstood to...
