Janyne McConnaughey, PhDNov 13, 20204 minHow Not to be a FixerThis morning I decided to catch up on my son's recent sermons and God met me there—not in necessarily pleasant ways, but certainly...
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDSep 9, 20204 min#1 Trauma-Informed Ministries: Leading Others to Healing WatersHow do you gently encourage someone to not just recognize their need for healing but to move toward it before they reach the breaking point.
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDSep 4, 20202 minHow to Be a Healing Church: A Very Human WebinarWith an understanding of the effects of trauma, the church has unlimited potential for being a healing church.
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDFeb 11, 20204 minStepping Into Deep WatersThis presentation was certainly going to take me deeper than I would ever choose for my feet to wander.
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDOct 23, 20195 minWomen in Leadership: It's About RespectI have served in churches and church-related ministries in two denominations that believed very differently about the roles of women in mini
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDJul 8, 20195 minOur Nation's Legacy: Solutions or MillstonesWhen children are traumatized there are always results.This is a well documented and researched truth. The brain scans of those who have bee
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDApr 2, 20195 min5 Things I Did to Not be MeLet us look deeply inside the children in our lives. The “me” I described in the above paragraph was overlooked and lost in all my survival
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDNov 27, 20185 minWish Lists: The Importance of AskingThere are lots of us who can’t ask for what we need or want. We have stories that caused this and it affects us in relationships and other h
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDMar 11, 20184 minNWMinistryConference: If We Pause to ListenWe can’t fully help others without addressing the deep impact of mental health in our homes, churches, schools, and communities. Simply addr
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDJan 25, 20183 minBook Review of Sorts: Divine Echoes by Mark Gregory KarrisI found the book to be engaging, thoughtful, and was profoundly excited to find a book that placed the answers to prayers not in a superhuma
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDDec 19, 20175 minFollowing Stars and Listening to GodIt wasn’t just that the Wise Men came and worshipped. They did something much more important than that. They listened to what God communicat
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDNov 25, 20174 minFreewill and the Hardening of Pharaoh's HeartThe whole scenario reminds me of my favorite Aesop’s fable—paraphrased. The sun and the wind had a conversation about a man sitting on a ben
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDNov 12, 20175 minCan We STOP the Anxiety?What if the trauma outweighs the goodness of God? It is easy to think that is a spiritual problem, but does a child (or adult) who prays for
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDOct 30, 20174 minLeaving Tomorrow in the FutureInstead of fearing tomorrow, delight in today. It has been a long road to accomplishing this because I trained myself to be prepared for any
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDOct 22, 20175 minMonkey Bars or Swings: Choice vs. ObedienceI was like a small timid child who was terrified to step out on the playground. I needed God to direct me to the monkey bars or the swing. M
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDOct 15, 20175 minWhen the Canary Stops SingingI was the child who stopped singing. One Sunday morning when I was about eight, I refused to sing the song, Jesus Loves Me. “Why aren’t you
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDSep 24, 20175 minHiding in the GardenThe tragedy of the human condition is not in eating the apple, but in the distortion of natural guilt. Our greatest loss is when we no longe
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDSep 17, 20175 minWhat God Does (and Doesn't Do)This blog is for everyone who ever had something bad happen. That would be all of us. What if we believe that the God, who can do anything a
Janyne McConnaughey, PhDAug 27, 20177 minWhen God is Not in ControlOutside of an understanding of an uncontrolling God there is no potential for truly transcending the human experience of trauma, living life