by Mark Tidsworth | Sep 16, 2015 | Opinion
My first clinical position was in a high management group home for boys ages 8 to 14, a long-term environment, wherein children would stay up to two years. After the first week, I seriously considered quitting. This was the most difficult job I had experienced so far....
by Mark Tidsworth | Sep 1, 2015 | Opinion
“Post-everything” is the descriptor I would like to use for explaining what’s happening in the larger world around us, including what’s staring God’s church in the face. Post-modern, post-Christian, post-denominational, post-industrial...
by Mark Tidsworth | Aug 17, 2015 | Opinion
What we believe about ourselves, consciously and unconsciously, directly determines much of what happens in our lives. As the Mayo Clinic explains, “Self-esteem is your overall opinion of yourself – how you feel about your abilities and limitations. When...
by Mark Tidsworth | Aug 3, 2015 | Opinion
“Be afraid; be very, very afraid.” This was the message I heard as I listened to a sermon recently. It was a joyful worship service with enthusiastic singing and engaging congregational interaction until the sermon began. I was looking forward to a word...
by Mark Tidsworth | May 28, 2015 | Opinion
I was nearly done, making me almost a “done” (previously very active church leaders who quit church in frustration). Between 2005 and 2006, our family experienced the perfect storm of trying circumstances. Chronic illness, extended family changes, my...
