June Hunt

June Hunt

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  • Understanding and Dealing With a Dysfunctional Family

    Understanding and Dealing With a Dysfunctional Family

    Cathey Brown knows the painful dynamic of a dysfunctional family. She knows it because she has lived it. She learned to pretend that everything was "great" when paraded to church on Sundays … even though most weekends she avoided her drunken father … and tried not to notice her mother's bruises.

  • Spiritual Abuse: Shepherds – or Fleecers – of God's Flock?

    Spiritual Abuse: Shepherds – or Fleecers – of God's Flock?

    "Will you continue to stand by and let your church drown financially?" So began an ad for "Financial Empowerment Seminars." The target audience: church members wanting to invest profitably, while also benefitting their churches and communities. The seminars were led by a man who now faces federal prosecution by the SEC for defrauding investors of more than $11 million in a Ponzi scheme.

  • How to Conquer Your Fears

    How to Conquer Your Fears

    The history of predicted and expected "last day" dates is nearly as lengthy as modern history itself. Mostly recently, the world was predicted to end on May 2011. Why are so many gripped with dread over apocalyptic predictions? This is most likely because of our basic, human tendency to fear the unknown.

  • How to Take Control of Anger

    How to Take Control of Anger

    Despite the destruction it can cause, fire, itself, is not evil. Fire is only deadly when it becomes uncontrollable. Likewise, uncontrolled anger can become deadly – destroying everything in its path. Yet anger, in and of itself, isn't bad.

  • Parenting and Setting Boundaries: The 2 'Rs' Kids Need to Understand

    Parenting and Setting Boundaries: The 2 'Rs' Kids Need to Understand

    Parenting is demanding work. Those who raise children are required to wear many hats (CEO and janitor, nutritionist and nurse, counselor and cook, plumber and many others). So, how can parents guide their children into successful adulthood? One of the essential requirements is learning how to establish healthy boundaries.

  • Harmful Habits, Addictions: God's 3 P's to Overcoming Them

    My friend Frank suffered many such wounds during his 25-year battle with alcoholism. "For a time, I became a dry drunk," he told me in a letter. "I wasn't drinking, but I had done nothing to quiet the desperation inside my head. I always ended up going back to the bottle."

  • Love and Dating: How Most Singles Have Love Backwards

    Love and Dating: How Most Singles Have Love Backwards

    Last year, one of the world's largest online dating sites released results of a survey they took of 5,200 singles. Said to be the most comprehensive poll of its type ever taken, the survey of 21- to 65-year-olds (and older) reported that 72 percent of singles would live with someone in the future without marrying.

  • How to Answer Arguments in Favor of Abortion

    How to Answer Arguments in Favor of Abortion

    Imagine it's your first night hosting a national call-in counseling broadcast. The program is live, your calls aren't screened and no topic is taboo. The theme music plays ... the producer counts down the seconds ... "three, two, one, you're on!" Then, you hear these exact words: "I was attacked two months ago, and I am pregnant through rape."

  • Attention All People-Pleasers, Fixers, and Rescue Artists . . .

    Attention All People-Pleasers, Fixers, and Rescue Artists . . .

    After 11 years of conflict, turmoil and tears, Patricia found the courage to end an on-again/off-again relationship with her abusive boyfriend. Yet instead of feeling relieved, she was overwhelmed with sadness and entertaining ideas about taking him back. Seeking direction, she called Hope In The Night, my live 2-hour call-in counseling broadcast.

  • Forgiveness: Who's Left Holding the Bag?

    Forgiveness: Who's Left Holding the Bag?

    While leading a Forgiveness workshop in Indiana, I asked attendees, "How many of you have had a huge struggle forgiving someone who has hurt you deeply?" Instantly, hands shot up across the room. Though my question came at the beginning of my session, it wasn't until the final 15 minutes that I looked out into the audience, made eye contact with a young man who'd earlier raised his hand, and asked him to join me on stage.