Too Busy for Faith
“Rachel” is a self-proclaimed workaholic. She’s too busy to eat lunch so she skips it, saying she just “eats stress.” At night, to avoid awakening her husband, Rachel sleeps with ...
One Person’s Surrender to God
At age 25, Libby Osgood, “wearing heels and a sculpted black skirt with just a hint of pink,” stood in a room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center filled with ...
Kindness a Sign of Weakness?
Social scientists, I’ve noticed, often try to use scientific studies to explain human emotions, and sentiments like kindness – with limited success, in my opinion. The National Public Radio (NPR) ...
Why Everything Will Be OK
I regularly ask myself why I write these blogs. And one of my answers is that I hope to help people answer the question, “What does it mean to believe?” ...
Is a Believer Really Free?
An acquaintance a couple of years ago spoke to me about her frustration with her teenage daughter who wanted to live with her boyfriend. “Don’t you want me to be ...
Does What We Believe Matter?
Many people are turned off by dogma, or doctrine, according to surveys, and some churches have accommodated this trend. Many megachurches, for instance, try to provide something for everyone, no ...