A few weeks ago I was talking to my niece, Stacey Tafao, and she mentioned that she had heard a speaker say there are differences in the closeness of relationships. I was intrigued, so I decided to do a little study on some Greek words—from Strong’s Concordance—since I don’t know Greek. I began my brief […]
A Delicate Balance: Unconditional Love and Good Shame Messages
Last week I was talking with my dear friend, Debbie, and she asked me to write about unconditional love and good shame messages. Debbie wanted to hear more about how these two principles are not in conflict, although we often walk them out as if they are. The “I have to be nice” lie It’s […]
Greg’s Story–Sequel to "Learning Authentic Love"
As I promised, here are Greg’s own words about his short adventure with incarceration. Written in 2006 for my parenting book, Handbook to Joy-Filled Parenting, Greg’s courage to make his story public has already helped parents rearing teens. I hope it will continue to help many–as we all grow in our journey of learning unconditional love. […]
Learning Authentic/Unconditional Love
I love Jesus. I love to read. Also, I love chocolate. And I love my family and friends. Jesus, my family and my friends love me. People loving each other is supposed to be more like God’s kind of love, very different from loving to read and loving chocolate. I wanted to love people the […]
Tactics of a Bully–Part Two
In my last blog I talked about a new book I’m working on which is will be finished in the future. We think the title will be Facing Narcissism in Ourselves and Others. I have taken one of Dr. Jim Wilder’s Munchie CDs and turned it into a book. The new book goes right along […]
Tactics of a Bully–Part One
Bullying is a hot topic these days; we even hear about it in the news. There are playground bullies, work-place bullies, and cyber bullies. Bullies are fear-filled and hurting people who take their fear and hurt out on others instead of dealing with themselves. These kinds of bullies are fairly obvious, but recently I’ve been […]