Read Stacy's story of losing their family home to foreclosure. Be approachable. Take the opportunities God gives you. When someone invites you to do something this week, invite them to do something next week. Talk to other shoppers about the price of lettuce (or whatever) in the grocery store. When you are invited to do things, say "yes"...

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. ...

I am struggling with forgiveness. I know that forgiving someone who hurt me is part of my recovery process, but does forgiving someone mean that I need to be willing to treat that person as well as I would treat those I consider my closest friends? (Assuming that it’s appropriate to interact with the person who hurt me.) Does forgiving completely...

I just recently got married, and this is not the first marriage for either one. We have four children between the two of us. I truly love this man and I couldn't ask for a better man. We go to church together, he is a deacon and youth leader in the church. The problem is that I feel so jealous and insecure. I just know I have to get over this, before...

How can I be a spiritual helpmate to my unsaved husband? He says he believes in God, and that Christ died for his sins. He even participates in Biblical conversations with my saved family. But when he's with unsaved friends, he jokes about hell and how he's going there. He doesn't see anything wrong with sex in movies, doesn't attend church because...

I dearly love my Christian husband and strive to be the wife God wants me to be. But my dilemma lies in the fact that my he does not work -- he is called to the ministry. I am not trying to sound like I am complaining, because I am very blessed to have a spiritual husband. But I work full-time while he stays at home with our 1 year-old son. Does...