When I was in the 7th grade, I briefly tried to get my friends to change my name to Michael. Growing up in a conservative religious...

A recent New York Times  article posed an intriguing question: “Why Are So Many People Going ‘No Contact’ with Their Parents? A growing...

The worst is what happens when you’re blithely going about the dogged routine of your life, those moments when you’ve forgotten to have a...

“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is allowing yourself...

For years, many have claimed that the best form of love is unconditional love. Healthline says that unconditional love is love that is...

t/w sexual abuse; trauma; suicide My maternal grandmother grew up on a northern Pennsylvania farm. Her mother died shortly after...

Doing those deeply unfashionable things—slowing down, letting your spare time expand, getting enough sleep, resting—is a radical act now,...

We have all heard the old saying – “Sticks and stones might break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” The saying reflects a mistake....

Two weeks and two days ago, I embarked on a strange journey for this time of pandemic and distrust. I packed up the car and began a...

Leaving a job without a plan, especially one where you liked the job but found the working environment unhealthy, is a life experience...

“Once you start to speak, people will yell at you. They will interrupt you, put you down and suggest it’s personal. And the world won’t...

this was adapted from a sermon from July 2019 Ephesians 2: 12 – 22 Remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from...

People sometimes let other people down. We get caught up in events and experiences in our lives and do not even realize other people are...