A Christ-Centered Journey Toward Healing
A confidential, Spirit-led group for ministry leaders ready to heal from past hurts, not just manage them.
We all carry emotional baggage
Have you ever found yourself asking, "Why did I react that way?" So many of our patterns are rooted in past hurts. They may have helped us cope once, but now they hold us back, shaping how we lead, love, and live more than we realize.
Unfinished Business is not counseling and not a Bible study. It's a careful, Spirit-led group journey for ministry leaders ready to stop managing pain and start healing from it.
A safe, confidential space. Everything shared in this group stays in this group. We begin and end with that commitment: to each other, and to the work.
Topics we explore
Our dysfunctional responses to unmet longings: medicating pain, self-protection, self-provision, and punishing self and others.
How it has been shaped by our family relationships during our formative years.
Blind trust, passive mistrust, aggressive mistrust, and perceptive trust.
The interplay of life situations, dysfunctional behaviours, emotional upheaval, lies, distortions, and wounding.
Identifying and addressing them by the power of the cross, including steps of repentance.
Recognizing our emotions and the role they play, and learning to lament and grieve our losses.
Identifying and renouncing personal false beliefs, becoming grounded in our identity in Christ.
Through prayer and the power of the cross.
A biblical approach to forgiving and releasing.
A long obedience in the same direction, carrying on the healing journey as wounded healers to those around us.
Group facilitators
Liz Honeyford, president of Healing Care Canada, pastor and spiritual director. Carolyn Schroeder, licensed counselor with years of experience caring for pastoral couples.
What leaders say
I was hesitant at first. It didn’t jive with my understanding of what it was to be a guy. I couldn’t have been more wrong. The skills I learned have helped me become a better dad and husband, and I gained a deeper understanding of issues I’d struggled with for years.
Thrive’s Unfinished Business group was a chance to experience deep empathy, healing care, and understanding from God through our leaders and group members. A safe small group such as this for people in ministry is rare and precious.
My experience was truly amazing! I received a newfound freedom as I acknowledged my pain, let go of secrets and burdens, and handed it all to Jesus.
Ready to take the first step?
Fall groups for both men and women run regularly. It's confidential, it's safe, and you don't have to do this alone.
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