A non-defensive question gently invites others to speak and share their thoughts, feelings and beliefs without fearing that we will use the information against them. It is a quest for information that is never harsh, leading, interrogating, or accusing. A non-defensive question is: Innocent It is not tainted with underlying opinions or agendas. It is [...]

Do you want to know what your teen is really thinking? Try asking great questions. Too many times we ask closed questions that require only a “yes” or “no” answer. Does this sound familiar: “How was school?”  “Good” “Do you have homework?” “No” “How was the game?”  “Okay” We need to learn to ask specific [...]

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By John Fischer Also available as a podcast at: http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/kindle/2008/07/07/bring-on-the-questions-2/ ** Do you have questions? Discuss them privately and confidentially with an online mentor. Ask us! http://mentodayonline.com/chat/askus.html I was reunited with an old college classmate this weekend. We were both in the 1969 graduating class at Wheaton College, a Christian college in Illinois founded in [...]

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“It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.??? Isaiah 65:24 This verse is often used to encourage those who are desperate and in need of an answer to prayer right away. And so it should be. But in recent times I [...]

Our online chat room is almost always open. Feel free to drop in for our daily chats or whenever, just to talk. I was reunited with an old college classmate this weekend. We were both in the 1969 graduating class at Wheaton College, a Christian college in Illinois founded in 1860. He shared a humorous [...]

“Each of you has been blessed with one (or more) of God’s many wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others. So use your gift well. If you have the gift of speaking, preach God’s message. If you have the gift of helping others, do it with the strength that God supplies. Everything should [...]

Are you facing a hard season today? Do you wonder where God is? Let us pray for you. I have questions for God, do you?  Here are some of mine . . .  God, did you see…when a broken-hearted couple lost their three year old son to cancer and just 10 short years later were [...]