Jim Fife, OCPD

A fool rages and is self-confident. He who is impulsive exalts folly. Proverbs 14:16, 29 OCPD – Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is a type of mental disorder in which the individual has a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning and behavior. This person has trouble perceiving and relating to situations and to people. This causes significant problems and limitations in relationships, […]

Signs of the Drawn Sword, the Charred Barn, and the Fuel in Hand

In May 2004 my friend Kathy and myself were doing a prayer walk around the perimeter of my families 10 acre farm, praying over the land and those who dwelt on it as God would direct us.  We stopped midway along the boundary of the east side of the property adjacent to my brother Dennis’ […]

Conflict vs. Violation

Verbal abuse constitutes psychological violence. . . Patricia Evans, author of the Verbally Abusive Relationship says; Verbal abuse is a kind of battering which doesn’t leave evidence comparable to the bruises of physical battering.  It can be just as painful and recovery can take much longer.  The victims of abuse live in a gradually more […]