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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.

Wisdom and Knowledge


Friday April 8,2011 I have been under a wrong assumption for 40+ years. This truth has blown me away and from what I gathered when I asked a couple of very mature Christians it surprised them too. I asked each … Continue reading

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Characteristics of Being in the Wilderness


Thursday April 7, 2011 In our bible study on Tuesday night we got into a discussion on being in the wilderness. When asked how many had recently experienced the wilderness, all hands were raised. We then began to look at … Continue reading

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Changing Duties


Wednesday, April 6, 2011 I remember the first six years of marriage and the challenges it brought to Cynthia and me.  After the first 3 years we had adjusted pretty well and began to connect on almost every area of … Continue reading

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Wrong Assumptions


Tuesday, April 5, 2011 It is a well-known definition of what “assume” means.  By breaking down the word into three separate words, the definition emerges.  Assumptions in relationships are deadly.  Why you ask?  Assumptions arise based on circumstances, verbalization of others, … Continue reading

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Choosing to Inquire


Saturday April 2, 2011 We are bombarded with so many decisions today.  Every day.  And with those decisions come all kinds of choices that we can make.  Take for instance.  When I was in grade school, there were only a … Continue reading

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Buy-In


Friday, April 1, 2011 I just realized that today is April Fools day as I wrote down the date.  By the way, today has nothing to do with the title of my jlog.  Just a thought that popped in my … Continue reading

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Dry and Boring?


Thursday, March 31, 2011 I have skipped over certain passages in the Old Testament that have been dry and boring to me.  These passages involve the genealogies of the various tribes of Israel.  There aren’t many of them, but when … Continue reading

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Impact of Parental Busyness


March 29, 2011 Life is so busy these days.  But it was no different when I was growing up in a small town.  My dad was a rural mail carrier and carried mail for only 2 hours per day.  That … Continue reading

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What Goes Around Comes Around


Monday, March 28, 2011 You have heard the saying, “What goes around comes around,” especially when someone who has had a pattern of destructiveness and they are now experiencing some pain in their own lives.  It is sometimes said of … Continue reading

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Can Truly Deliberate Sins be Forgiven


Saturday, March 26, 2011 I am wrestling with some thoughts in my mind that cause me to see the need for growth.  I don’t know about you, but I have trouble seeing grace with people who deliberately sin and continue … Continue reading

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