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About James Gorton

I am happily married to Nadine, a person I've known for 20+ years. She and her late husband owned Airpark Auto Service where I took my car for years. Four years after my wife died we began dating and the rest is history. We have a blended family of 6 children between us and love visiting them across this country. We recently had our third grandchild between us. We love to hike, bike and ski. I am a psychologist and do relational life coaching for marriages and families primarily. I love what I do and never get tired of seeing marriages and families move to more healthy places in their lives. Five years ago my oldest daughter Deborah encouraged me to begin writing my thought into a blog I call my Jlog (Jim's log). I have become more and more passionate in connecting everyday experiences to spiritual truths. I hope that as you read my Jlog, you will gain insight into your personal life and experience true growth in your personal and relational life.

Kids Say the Funniest Things

Posted on November 6, 2015 by James Gorton

We teach our children to say the right things.  How embarrassing it is when our children or grandchildren say the things that they have heard.  My daughter and her family were traveling to Scottsdale for Christmas and had a plane … Continue reading →

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Fake Versus Real

Posted on November 2, 2015 by James Gorton

One of the many activities that Nadine and I enjoy doing is going bike riding.  We take off from our house in Scottsdale and head west for 3 miles until we hit a trail that is called the Greenbelt.  It … Continue reading →

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Excuses for Not Connecting

Posted on October 28, 2015 by James Gorton

The common theme of interaction with friends these days can be summed up in one word, “Busy.”  We are connected to our phones at least 16 hours per day.  Constant texts (the average person sends and receives 130+ texts per … Continue reading →

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Javelina versus Monty

Posted on October 26, 2015 by James Gorton

I had a somewhat traumatic experience this weekend in Flagstaff.  It was the boys weekend so Monty, the family male dog, and I took off for a little retreat of playing golf, fixing holes in the siding of our cottage … Continue reading →

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Controllers

Posted on October 22, 2015 by James Gorton

An interesting thing happened on the way to Flagstaff for the weekend.  No, this thing happens most of the time when we drive anywhere.  It’s hard to describe in words but I will give it a try.  I for the … Continue reading →

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Elated With Joy

Posted on October 5, 2015 by James Gorton

I decided to go for a bike ride early this morning and as I was leaving the garage, It began to rain. I surveyed the cloud situation (old ranchers like me know how to look at clouds) and decided it … Continue reading →

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Envy

Posted on October 2, 2015 by James Gorton

I hate to admit a feeling I had when I went to a restaurant recently.  It was a relatively small restaurant so we could see all the customers come in and look at where they were seated.  We had a … Continue reading →

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Greatest in the Kingdom: Part II

Posted on September 29, 2015 by James Gorton

Have you ever had a conversation with someone wanting to say something very important.  You have planned out what you were going to say and you get the opportunity to speak truth into that person’s life.  Once you close that … Continue reading →

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Greatest in the Kingdom: Part I

Posted on September 28, 2015 by James Gorton

I was listening to talk radio the other day discussing the differences between the USA and England.  It’s obvious that we don’t have a monarch and that England does.  When any of the key players in England’s monarchy are in … Continue reading →

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On The Run

Posted on September 24, 2015 by James Gorton

On Monday of this week I experienced something new in the office I go to each day.  My office has on the west side floor to ceiling windows that make up 3/4 of the west wall.  The windows are coated … Continue reading →

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