There’s a horrible myth you’ll see bandied about social media and peppered into public statements, especially among “positive thinking gurus” that states, “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes […]
Here’s a question: Is hitting a “plateau” in your fitness workouts something that can be a real experience, or is the idea of plateaus a myth? Plateaus […]
If you’re a Christian who is also a business person, you don’t leave your faith at home when you head out for the workplace. Being a genuine […]
Let’s address a deeply harmful thought some Christians sometimes raise and, so very harmfully, some church leaders teach. When someone is dealing with real, staggering, life-upending pain […]
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 […]