Essays, academic writing, and devotional studies from Anne Marie Norling — on Scripture, counseling, and the long work of caring for people well.https://am.aaronnorling.com/https://am.aaronnorling.com/devotionals/praying-for-your-military-son-or-daughter/https://am.aaronnorling.com/devotionals/praying-for-your-military-son-or-daughter/A five-day study for parents whose child is serving — on anxiety, and on God's protection, peace, provision, and presence.Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTMilitary familiesPrayerAnxietyPsalmshttps://am.aaronnorling.com/essays/replacing-the-thought/https://am.aaronnorling.com/essays/replacing-the-thought/Counseling talks about "taking every thought captive" as though it were a matter of willpower. The text describes something closer to substitution — and the difference decides whether it works.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounselingAnxietyScripturehttps://am.aaronnorling.com/essays/the-psalms-are-louder-than-you-remember/https://am.aaronnorling.com/essays/the-psalms-are-louder-than-you-remember/We hand grieving people the calm psalms and skip the ones that shout. That editorial decision costs more than we think.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTPsalmsGriefScripturehttps://am.aaronnorling.com/essays/what-the-kitchen-table-taught-me/https://am.aaronnorling.com/essays/what-the-kitchen-table-taught-me/Twenty years of homeschooling turns out to be an unusually good apprenticeship for sitting with people — mostly because of what it teaches you about pace.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCounselingFamilyTeaching