May 24, 20132 minRelationshipsI Ran into Myself at the Psych Center TodayIt was at the patients’ art show, where I saw myself, represented by one long, blue strand of yarn. “It’s called ‘Support Net,’” the art...
Apr 25, 20131 minFaith Why God Bottles Our TearsAt times I’ve wondered why the Psalmist wrote that Got puts all our tears in a bottle (Psalm 56:8). I thought about it again recently, as...
Apr 15, 20132 minRelationships So You Don’t Have it All TogetherAre you one of us who doesn’t have it all together? And do you have people in your life who seem to accentuate the fact when they come...
Jan 4, 20133 minParenthoodHow an Eggnog Disaster Saved My Relationship with My DaughterRecently a friend was describing to me one of her saddest childhood memories. Every day she’d come home from school to an empty house and...
Oct 31, 20122 minParenthoodHe Said I'd Have a New Teenager in Five MinutesThanks, Dr. Leman, but sometimes I don’t feel I can wait until Friday to put an end to the cold distance and eye-rolling of a...
Jul 22, 20122 minFaith"God is Good" and Other Annoying Things Church People Like to SayHave you ever noticed that when church people say, “God is good!” it’s often in the context of God doing something good for them? I got...