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Timothy J. Bonner, MS, MA, D.Min., Psychotherapist

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From Distrust to Trust: Controversies and Conversations in Faith

From Distrust to Trust: Controversies and Conversations in Faith

Trust and trust building are essential components of a vibrant faith community. This book provides much insight and guidance on how to be trustworthy.

2023

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Timothy J. Bonner, MS, MA, D.Min., Psychotherapist

Traditional Family Values: Authorities Over Freedoms?

Are the Russians Leading our Christian Nationalist Evangelicals? Democracy hangs in the balance!

4 min readFeb 15, 2024

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The Orange Journal

Transcending Polarity

Developing Trust and Relationships

8 min readMar 4, 2024

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Scrabble game letter blocks spell “TRUST” on a white background with some small, blue and yellow flowers in one corner.

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Maslow Got It Wrong!

The Western world has relied on humanist psychologist Abraham Maslow’s pyramid model of human needs for the last eight decades. However…

3 min readJan 5, 2021

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Maslow Got It Wrong!

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The Whole Person — Holistic Health

True self: body (phys.), mind (psychol.), spirit (non-material), and relationships (soc), in the context of social and physical…

5 min readJan 4, 2021

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The Whole Person — Holistic Health

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The Life of Cooperation Rather Than Competition: Synergistic Communication

If Trees Can Communicate for Cooperation, Why Can’t We?

9 min readMay 11, 2021

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Photo of the back of a man looking through a forest of tress at a lake.

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Timothy J. Bonner, MS, MA, D.Min., Psychotherapist
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Mustard Seed Sentinel

The Value of Spirituality — the felt way of knowing

Without compassionate actions, one’s spirituality is unseen.

5 min readFeb 27, 2024

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The Value of Spirituality — the felt way of knowing

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Timothy J. Bonner, MS, MA, D.Min., Psychotherapist
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The Orange Journal

The Only Behavioral Choices We Have

We only have six options for behavioral interaction with others — read on!

8 min readJan 31, 2024

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The Only Behavioral Choices We Have

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Timothy J. Bonner, MS, MA, D.Min., Psychotherapist
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The Orange Journal

Spiritual Awareness, Attuning, and Intuition

Facilitating spiritual intelligence, insight, and holistic optimal functioning

3 min readOct 17, 2023

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Group of Middle Eastern descendent persons standing and praying with man closest having head bowed and hands lifted up to chest-level; a woman with her eyes closed in prayer stands next to him.

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Timothy J. Bonner, MS, MA, D.Min., Psychotherapist
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The Orange Journal

Your Invisible Self

One’s spiritual self is immaterial and unseen — invisible.

2 min readOct 4, 2023

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A very black sky with tiny dots that look like stars and across the top half are multicolored — purple to lavender, light yellow to yellow-green, and tiny streams of white — light streams that suggests movement in the blackness or spirituality.

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Timothy J. Bonner, MS, MA, D.Min., Psychotherapist

Evolutionary Ecology’s Creator

The Life of David Lack: Father of Evolutionary Ecology

2 min readApr 11, 2023

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Book cover: a black and white portrait photo of David Lack when a young professional ornithologist, with the title, “The Life of David Lack the Father of Evolutionary Ecology,” by Ted R. Anderson

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Timothy J. Bonner, MS, MA, D.Min., Psychotherapist

Timothy J. Bonner, MS, MA, D.Min., Psychotherapist

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Coauthor of From Distrust to Trust: Controversies and Conversations in Faith Communities, speaker on leadership, holistic health, & trust-building communication

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