My newest book is Re-Framing Your Hurts: Why You Don't Have to Fear Emotional Pain. Here is a short excerpt from the …
An Easy Way to Journal and Interact with Jesus
Our Joy Starts Here/Atlanta conference gave us many practical tips (From Joy Starts Here Conference 2015). The following was one …
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Hesed–God’s Sticky Love
Recently I listened to a teaching by my friend and mentor, Dr. Wilder, on the Hebrew word, hesed. It touched me deeply and it's …
Forgiveness or Pretending?
Lately I’ve been thinking about forgiveness and how sometimes it is pushed as the cure-all for relationship problems. All of us …
Experiencing Immanuel
For the last few years I’ve been learning how to practice the Presence of Jesus and also I’ve been teaching others this wonderful …
Addictions and Attachment Pain
What do you turn to for comfort when you are hurting? Sugar? Drugs? Alcohol? Chocolate? Food? Sex? Excitement? Activity? A bad …
Relationship Ingredients for All Ages
Recently I was talking to a friend about some struggles she was having with her 10 year old daughter. My friend, who is a …
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The Impact of Validation
There is a relational skill that is so vital, so important and essential--yet often difficult to incorporate as a habit. This …
I Am With You Either Way
What do you do when you get worried? What do you do when you get bad news—or anticipate sad news? We who know the Lord Jesus know …
Seeing Through Heaven’s Eyes
This week I had a deep experience with Jesus when I went to Tennessee to help with my elderly parents after my mother fell and …
God IS Love
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not …
Musings on the Son of God Movie
Maybe you don't like movies, but seeing visuals about Biblical times stirs me. I like watching what it might have been like to see …