Posts tagged “Shame”
A perfectly good faith
“To the faithful you show yourself faithful” (Psalm 18:25). When I was counseling Christian teenagers, some troubling concerns brought them to my office. Concerns…
Not safer at home
Not everyone is safer at home. In the U.S. more than 10 million people are victims of intimate partner physical violence each year—an average…
God doesn’t wash your mouth with soap
Naughty words. We hear them. We read them. We say them. We write them. Back when I was a kid, naughty words were followed…
If we can’t change the past, can we move forward?
My favorite movie of all time is Back to the Future. It tells the story of Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), who’s a senior…
Kintsugi
In most cultures when you break something, you either hide it or you throw it away. But centuries ago, the Japanese culture decided to…
Overcoming personal baggage
Some children show up for school each day with some pretty heavy life baggage: depression, sexual abuse, parental conflict, poverty, inadequate sleep and nutrition,…
Restored to normal
When you look at Jesus’ miracles recorded in the New Testament, they all have one thing in common. They all restored what sin had…
The best way to begin your day
Each morning our bodies instinctively strive for harmony. Psychologists call this homeostasis, or equilibrium. For example, if we wake up tired, we reach for…
What do you mean “repentance”?
Contrary to what a lot of people think, it is not their sins that threaten to put them in hell forever. It is their…
4 kinds of sins (and the 1 God prefers)
If you’re going to sin against God, make sure you sin against him in the right way. Obviously, God doesn’t want you to sin…
Look in the windshield, not the rearview
Is a sharp memory good? Depends. It’s good when you remember names, birthdays, anniversaries, appointments, and promises. It’s bad when you remember past slights,…
Sins of the sons
I know about pain that doesn’t go away. I wrote a book about it. I’m writing about it again, but not because of my…