A few years ago some of our best friends introduced us to the game of Catan. If you're not familiar, it's a multiplayer board game that...

Growing up in a home that spoke fluent passive aggression, I am skilled at reading between the lines and catching messages sent under the...

How important is marriage? What if that marriage is unhealthy? What if my needs aren’t being met? Doesn’t God hate divorce? Marriage and...

You fall off your bike. You cry. You bleed. Your parent hears you, patches you up, and sends you back out into the world. But the next...

Having interacted with a lot of kids over the course of my life leaves me recognizing differences. Now of course, every child is not only...

A bright golden sparkler stands out amidst a dark night background, symbolizing joy in the Year of Jubilee.

Dealing with family this holiday season, keep in mind… CLEAR IS KIND. Saying things like, "I think I'd maybe like, you know, if we had...

The topic of masturbation has long been a point of shock and horror for many Christian circles. The word itself elicits faces of disgust...

I love helping people in my office. Usually the biggest thing I do for them is listen well. Yes, that's something their friends could do,...

Doing EMDR work regularly now, I am realizing how many people prevent themselves from healing simply by refusing to recognize that their...

This weekend we hosted a party for my niece's husband (I know that sounds odd, but he's older than my husband, so it's just weird for us...

I am finding launching a child into the big wide world to be so precarious. I believe she can do it, but I have my doubts. She thinks she...

I have enough friends who live with chronic pain to know better than to say that all pain is good. But what I am seeing lately is that...

So you’ve picked a phenomenal person to tie the knot with. You want a healthy marriage. You want your union to last. You want to honor...

Can we be graceful with our immaturity? All of us... in different ways. If we could wrap our heads around the fact that being a human...

When it comes to navigating Christian relationships, it’s not uncommon to be curious about how your Christianity applies to your sexual...

This weekend Cass and his band recorded for a new album coming up and I had the honored privilege of hanging out in the tech room at...

I've been meeting with a friend lately who is pretty explicitly political. I wanted to talk with her to better understand where she was...

Talking with my friends and clients in the queer community, one of the most painful interactions they report is telling someone they love...

In 2009 my husband and I decided to move into the city, buy a house and have our third kid, while I had a part time job and he was...