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The Only Relationship Question You Need to Ask–and Answer

Before my husband asked me to marry him, he took me to a beach in Florida and asked me fifty questions he had scribbled in a notebook. I...

For Teens–A Future Conversation with the Parent You Love to Hate

I called my dad this morning to recommend a great movie I watched last night, The Music Never Stopped . That’s one of the many things my...

Interpreter Please! –The Weird and Wacky Things Church People Say

I love the local church. I’ve given a big part of my life to serving it. And one area in which I love serving the church is helping us...

Being “Right” is Not What We Really Want

If you’re a Downton Abbey fan (keep reading, even if you're not), you might be ready to slap Miss Bunting silly by now. I mean, come on!...

Six Symptoms of the “Disease to Please”

I recently heard someone say that people-pleasing is not actually about pleasing people; it’s about pleasing yourself by doing or saying...

Dining at “McChurch”–Where We Went Wrong When We Started Church Hopping

I recently listed on paper the names of the twelve churches I have regularly attended during my life of forty-something years. That...