Life Applications

It had been a long week: 30 miles of backpacking and camping, and 20 miles of canoeing and portaging between lakes. Everyone was exhausted. The …

Church is a really slippery topic. In the minds of some people, the word conjures up visions of the Crusaders, Catholic Europeans who called themselves …

Are your kids giving you a hard time? I once read about a 12-year-old girl who “set her sleeping mother’s bed on fire and took …

I am sorry for what religion has done to you, friend. I’m sorry for the religion that shamed you, scolded you, judged you, and knocked …

Thirteen days ago, I lost my voice. At first, it was simply croaky, squeaky, and scratchy. By the next day, however, it was gone. Days …

I don’t know how old I was, but one of the earliest memories I have is of waiting in the living room in Wichita with …

People tend to place their identity in what they think they are. Studies validate this, but so do common sense and experience. For instance, which …

Several years ago, Marine Major Brian Dennis befriended a dog during his patrols in Iraq. The dog, whom he named Nubs, had been purposefully abused …

My friend Pamela saw herself as one giant failure. Her negative feelings about her past, present, and future enveloped her like a heavy fog. She …

I know a guy who watches the stock market closely. Now, I know that there are many people today that are watching the market closely, but …