“Just say no.” The familiar statement to deter kids from using drugs became my husband’s battle cry soon after our wedding, when he realized I was one of those smiling, pushover people who couldn’t say no to an ice cream salesman in the North Pole. More »

One of the most enlightening concepts developed by Christian psychologists over the past twenty years is the recognition of different “languages” of love. People have different ways of expressing and communicating love. Likewise, each of us has certain preferences for how we want to be loved in return. More »

It is easy to slip into a negative, complaining frame of mind when we are ill or our plans are frustrated. More »

It was a January midnight, and I was driving down Woodward Avenue, looking for a place to continue my evening of fun. Over there! I pulled up in front of a noisy bar. More »

Wind as an image of the Spirit is as old as the Bible itself. The book opens with these words: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. More »

Every year on February 2, as we celebrate the Presentation of the Lord, we remember the devout Jewish man who entered the Temple and saw the final chapter of his life unfold. More »

Some years ago, I was driving my daughter to a school event when a homeless woman came to my car window as I waited for a red light. She asked me for a dollar. I wanted to be a good example for my daughter, so I gave the woman five dollars. More »

“Take care what you hear,” said a verse in the Gospel reading for the day (Mark 4:21-25). And so, when Julia opened her Bible, she prayed that she would pay attention to what she was about to “hear” in the passage she was reading. More »