John Lennon’s classic song, “Imagine” speaks to our deep yearning for peace. “Imagine all the people, living life in peace”  With everything that is going on in the world today it’s pretty hard to imagine peace like that.  The Bible also speaks of a time of world peace in Isaiah 2:4 ”[God] will judge between the nations and...

Are you walking the road of infertility or miscarriage? Share the journey with an online mentor. I am a mother,  but I don’t have a child to hug. I can’t brag about my baby’s first steps, the first day of school or graduation.  I have no photographs.  But I am a mother.  My children are in heaven. After only two months of “trying”...

“Merry Christmas!” That’s what it says on the cards I send out every December.  If anybody calls them ‘holiday cards’ they are going to get a harsh reprimand. It’s a Christmas card. I’ve gotten lots of cards that wish me “Happy Holidays” and some that convey sincere “Season’s Greetings”, but the ones I cherish are those...

Human behavior suggests that people are “hard-wired" to retaliate when they have been hurt by another person.  Our pride or self-esteem is injured. Our expectations or dreams are disappointed.  We lose something very valuable to us.  We want recompense for the damages. But there are other resistances which block our motivation to forgive. ...

My husband and I have been married for many years but over the last 10 years I've been really growing in my faith. My husband, on the other hand, seems no further along in his Christian walk than he was 10 years ago. He thinks and hopes there is a God, but doesn't desire a real relationship with Jesus. He considers himself to be a "good person" (which...

My husband has been diligently praying for the same things for years, yet he has received no answer that he knows of. He is a man after God's heart, but he is getting very discouraged. How does the Lord answer our prayers? How do you know it's truly from the Lord and not from "you"? I try and encourage him, but find lately that I myself am not at...

What advice would you give to someone who waited for the right one to come along and then finds out his walk with the Lord is not as strong as she thought it was? Sometimes I wonder if he really has a personal growing walk with God. How does one overcome the disillusionment? Advice: I hear your pain. I've thought about having several of my...