You probably know us. We check locks we know are fastened, cell phones we know are silenced, hems we know are straight. A crooked picture …
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Concern for Others
A few years ago a world-wide media event served as an illustration of how our society does not want us to get along with each …
Read More »Skiing Saddleback
Icy terror clutched my stomach as I looked down the sheer mountainside beneath my skis. “I can’t do this, Danny. I’m hiking out.” My boyfriend, …
Read More »What I Learned at College
“You don’t get out much, do you?” My college roommate asked me one day. I hesitated. Why is she asking me this? I thought. I …
Read More »Washing Her Feet
As a shy and insecure 13-year-old, I had a thousand different thoughts when my youth pastor asked me if I wanted to go on an …
Read More »Big Gamble
If you gamble, you could lose a lot more than money. Three teenage boys huddle over a cardboard box at the store counter. “It’s only …
Read More »Tips for Relationships
When a friend of mine asked me how on planet earth (this is no heaven) we can find and nurture healthy relationships, a list flashed …
Read More »Make Mine Carob, Please
I was addicted to chocolate for many years. Addiction runs in my family—the human family. Sometimes that tendency to addictive substances is passed on genetically. …
Read More »Strengthening Your Immune System
What do tissues, cells, and organs have in common? These make up the body’s immune system. It is an elaborate network of sophisticated defense systems …
Read More »An Unknown Path
This can’t end well, I thought, as I rode down the hill on my longboard. What if just around this bend it drops off or …
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