Monday, February 25, 2013

My current website is down for repairs and I am sorry for the inconvenience.

Meanwhile, my counseling hours have increased and I have several openings for life-coaching and counseling Tuesday through Thursday.  .  I can be contacted at daleabarrett@gmail.com or 209-403-2296.

Coaching and counseling are offered from a Christian biblical perspective.  Sessions are fifty-five minutes in length and $85.00 per session.  Counseling is done at my office located at 270 Hanford Street, Suite B in Sutter Creek, California.

Jesus said, "I have come that you might have life--life to the full..."  John 10:10




Monday, February 4, 2013

Forward to Fullness

I am now offically retired from my forty-five years as a pastor.  To celebrate I am camped in my trailer at Pismo beach, enjoying the serenity of the ocean, and the rest that comes from separation and contemplation.

Here's what I am discovering in week one...

*I am tired...physically, but mostly emotionally.

*I am still connected to the regimen and routine of my old job.

*I am afraid.  How will we make life work?

*I am in the Word--reaffirming the promises of God's Word that I have held out to so many for all of these past years.

*I am grateful for my wife, who is joining the advenure with me.

I am also reading the book, Seven, which presents a challenge to a more simple life.  Today we meet with an architect about reshapg a small house on our son's property where we are considering relocation.  I have been studying Hebrews 12 which reminds me of God's discipline upon the chidlren He loves.  All of this for me is about learning to to with less of what I want and more of what He has in mind for me.

My focal point for life coaching is "Forward to Fullness", the steady pursuit of the fulfillment of God's plan and purpose for my life,  "Finishing well" is my motivation.