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I Once Lived Inside a Christian Bubble

Image Credit: Creative Commons I remember when I first realized I lived in the “Christian Bubble”—that insular, sterile place where...

The Forgotten Parable for Discussing Politics (Hint: It’s Not The Good Samaritan)

Image credit: Dennis Jones www.thedennisjones.org It seems everyone on social media these days is using Jesus’ parables to defend their...

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...

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...

Inside the Mind of a Controlling Woman

So I’m at this wedding reception and I go to get a drink, only to realize they’ve run out of beverages. “Why do I always find myself in...