Posts tagged “Shame”
You’re invited
Our neighbor owns a business, and my daughter has worked for him for the past couple of years. Thanks to him, she learned how…
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…
GOD is there
I still remember her heartbreaking words: “I keep jumping to reach God, but I feel like I’ll never get there.” The woman from my…
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…
How to switch from reacting to preventing suicide
I met her at the airport. Within a few minutes, the woman told me, “I’ve been at two funerals in the past two months—and…
It’s a scam
This summer, a Wisconsin woman answered her phone. A scammer claimed to be from the Social Security Administration and told the woman she would…
Do you think of me differently now?
We sat across from each other in a moment of silence. He had just shared with me some personal struggles. He was confused and…