Robert Crutchfield
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Leadership Coach, Minister, Board Member Expert
Robert Crutchfield Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Christian Healing, Christian Growth
- Career Focus
- Pastor, Christian writer and Blogger
- Affiliation
- FaithInspires.Org, Compassion Church of Katy
Robert A. Crutchfield is a leadership coach, minister, and board member based in Katy Texas outside Houston. He is the inspiration behind the character Rev. Robert Crutchfield in the novel Guardians of the Heart by best selling author Loree Lough. He has been seen in Google News, Bing News, Christian Headlines.Com., Success with Tony D., etc. For more information visit https://clarity.fm/robertcrutchfield or follow him on Twitter: @CrutchfieldOn.
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Grief is a Journey Not a Destination
When someone close to us dies many companies will give you a few days off with pay to recover. Much of the rest of our society seems to believe that grief is something very temporary. If only it were that simple or easy. Grief is not about forgetting or “ getting over it. “ It is about learning new ways to embrace what the one you lost means to you. Your mind, emotions, and soul need time to adjust to the new reality of your relationship with your loved one who has passed away.
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Healing Grief Through Creative Gifts
When my grandmother passed away at 98 it was a very difficult time in my life. As part of the process of working through my own grief I wrote the following poem. Grandma Went Home On Mother’s Day She was the mother of a son and a daughter. She was the loving grandmother to five. She was a great-grandmother, and a great-great grandmother too. Grandma went home on Mother’s Day She never thought of herself as an artist. Yet her family was her greatest masterpiece. She loved each of them totally, and completely. Grandma went home on Mother’s Day.
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Children, Time, and Patience
We all become aware of how fast time flies as we get older. At the same time we often wonder why children seem so impatient. The fact is the two things are related. It all boils down to the concepts of perception and perspective. Perception is the way we see something. Perspective has to do with using our knowledge and life experience to make sense of what our senses are telling us. Perception is of course reality at least to the one holding the perception. This holds true for that person even if the perception later turns out to be false.
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Monkey See, Monkey Do:AKA Parenthood
Years ago I was participating in a men's bible study class. The topic that day was parenthood. Many of the men present had grown children and grandchildren. At some point in the discussion, I commented that my observation had always been that parenthood was a big game of monkey see, monkey do. The comment first drew a bit of laughter. But the group also had to admit I had a point. Several of the more experienced gentlemen present went on to comment on how much of themselves they saw in their children.
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WHO OR WHAT IS PROGRAMING YOUR CHILDREN ?
By Rev. Robert A. Crutchfield There 's an old saying in computers, “Garbage in, Garbage out!” What that means is your result depends on what you put in and the quality of what you put in. In truth computers only mimic what we as people do. This is a prime example.
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FATHER’S DAY MESSAGE 2014
Father’s day reminds me of many years ago when I attended a different church. The pastor there was the head of the jail ministry at the local county jail. He would tell us of how on Mother’s Day they would bring Mother’s Day cards so that the inmates who were so inclined could send a card to their mothers. Year after year no matter how many cards they brought there were never enough ! As Father’s Day approached they would bring Father’s Day cards to the jail for the same reason. Except in the case of Father’s Day cards they could literally not even give them away !
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FAITH BASED FRUSTRATION FIGHTERS
One of the hardest things about any of life's struggles is dealing with the frustration that can come with them. As with every other aspect of the struggles in life, as Christians we can turn to God and his word for help. The Apostle Paul himself taught that the secret in frustrating circumstances was to be content in all circumstances. Let us look at what he says in Philippians 4: 11-13,
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Bad Reasons People Get Married
There is a traditional Episcopal Church wedding ceremony that I use a lot when marrying couples. I use it so often because I like what it says about the decision to marry. It frames it this way “...
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Love Is a Verb Displayed Through Small Acts of Service
Increasingly these days I fear that the word Love is bandied about way too freely. People say it to someone because they think that's what they are SUPPOSED to say, not really because it reflects how they feel. I'm not even sure many people truly understand what love means anymore.
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CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE
I was attending a men's bible study class years ago when I said one of the most insightful things I have probably ever said. We were discussing parenthood when I remarked that parenthood was a big game of monkey see, monkey do. There erupted quite a conversation among the fathers in the group about how their grown children did things just as they did, even though they were not consciously taught to do them that way. They were able to quickly cite from their own experience specific incidents of what I had just said. Their kids, now grown learned from years of observing their example !
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Overcome Evil With Good
Overcome evil with good. A nice idea isn’t it? But what does it mean exactly? How do we apply this neat idea to our Christian walk?
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THE THREE VITAL MINISTRIES OF THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN
Every Christian should be involved in some form of ministry. Many believers especially those new to the faith, believe personal ministry is beyond their abilities. Please understand I am not saying that every Christian should pastor a church, or other large ministry. However much of the work of the church has been done, and should be done by what are called lay (not licensed or ordained) ministers. I have identified three ministries which are vital to the Lord's work, but can be performed by any average Christian.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Robert Crutchfield
Its not about THEM or what THEY did. Its about YOU and the kind of person YOU want to be !
God sets very high standards for us as Christians. Even so he knows from the outset that we will not always meet them. When we don't, Christ provides us with compassionate ways to get back where we need to be.