by Mark Shaw | Dec 8, 2021 | Addiction, Missions, TAC Blog
Guest Post by Josh Brunk, Executive Director of Village Mercy Ministries “Addicts make the best evangelists.” This was my introduction to Dr. Mark Shaw when he visited The Mission House in Port Orchard, Washington. He spoke this to encourage those of us in the...
by Mark Shaw | Jan 15, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Uncategorized
By Mark Shaw The newly hired head football coach at the University of Texas is Steve Sarkisian who was fired in 2015 from the University of Southern California for his excessive drinking of alcohol on the job. He sued the university for $30 million dollars but lost...
by Shirley Crowder | Oct 8, 2020 | Addiction, Announcements, Ministry News
We are excited to reveal the cover of Advent: Meditations for Addicts. This will be the first book published by The Addiction Connection. The Lord has been gracious to allow us to minister alongside each other for many years, so this project is special in that it is...
by Mark Shaw | Apr 11, 2018 | Addiction, Current Events, Uncategorized
Until this past week, it had been 13 years since the last Surgeon General warning. That one had to do with pregnancy and drinking alcohol. The advisory this week encourages those taking opioid prescriptions and friends/family of those who take those prescriptions to...
by Mark Shaw | Mar 31, 2018 | Addiction, Current Events
I could write a blog or two every single day about someone somewhere who has accidentally overdosed on opioids because of the alarming rates of accidental overdose deaths (note: these are not suicides but accidental deaths due to taking too much of a drug). On the...
by Mark Shaw | Mar 7, 2018 | Addiction, Announcements
Dr. Mark E. Shaw had the opportunity to be interviewed by Curtis Solomon via the Biblical Counseling Coalition Podcast.Curtis and Mark had a fascinating video discussion of biblical counseling and addictions and covered a lot of ground in this 35 minute or so video: 3...
