It was all the way back in 1957 that Together Magazine included in its pages this short snippet: The brilliant Scottish writer, Thomas Carlyle, lived on a […]
As Christians, we know (at least we should!) the Bible has much to say about gratitude and giving thanks; doing both matter in our relationship with God […]
A pastor stood at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and watched as a man in tears lay a wreath at the base of the memorial. The pastor put […]
Noted psychiatrist, Dr. Daniel Amen, is fond of repeating what he calls the 18/40/60 rule. It goes like this: – When you’re 18, you worry (often a […]
As a counselor, I’m cautious about using the term “coping mechanisms” because the surface meaning of that phrase almost always (but not always) isn’t in the best […]
The late minister, Robert Schuller, was famous for saying, “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” I know several people, including myself, who have had “tough […]
There’s an old saying that “nothing changes if nothing changes.” Put another way, nothing changes until something changes. Both of those sound like “Duh!” statements, and yet […]
It’s hard to understand something if we only know about half of it, or if we haven’t seen or experienced it. That truth is illustrated in this […]
“Trauma” – just the the word alone makes many want to shudder. “Trauma” is one of the hottest buzzwords in social media circles, as well as in […]
God has created all of us with a need for other people — we need relationships. A somewhat dark example of that need was the focus of […]