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May 2018

May 14, 2018

What should I tell my child about racism?

Want to explain racism to your child? Start here.

October 2015

October 14, 2015

Taking Out the Garbage Your Parents Taught You About Yourself

A theme central to much of the work I do on my blog and with...

September 2015

September 04, 2015

Psychopaths sleep just fine

The fact that you're worrying about whether you're good proves that you're good.

August 2015

August 07, 2015

Here’s what happens when you yell at your employees

Never yell at your employees. Here's why.

July 2015

July 30, 2015

5 ways to make your girlfriend (or boyfriend) kind of start hating you

I get a lot of letters from men worried that they’re blowing their relationship with...

June 2015

June 11, 2015

10 Reasons It’s Wrong to Evangelize in the Workplace

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Welcome to the first of three rounds in this Head to Head...

June 08, 2015

Sexual abuse and the pressure to forgive

If you've been sexually abused, the last thing on earth you need to worry about...

May 2015

May 11, 2015

She has no sex drive. Is it immoral to allow her husband to sleep with his ex?

Is it immoral for a woman without a sex drive to allow her husband to...

May 09, 2015

Dear happy celebrators of Mother’s Day

Something to share with those who maybe don't quite get where you're coming from.

May 07, 2015

When your parents love who they want you to be more than who you really are

Sometimes all it takes is a kind word or two.

January 2015

January 05, 2015

10 Tips for Becoming an Amazing Husband

Hey, you don't stay married for 35 years without learning a thing or two ...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

As Jesus said: “Family, Schmamily. As long as there’s pie.”

One day you'll be dead. So will they. Now go get some pie.

November 14, 2014

Mary: “How do I feel, Joseph? Pregnant. Very pregnant.”

Because Mary and Joseph were, after all, a couple in love.

November 12, 2014

6 truths about “forgiving” sexual abuse

For anyone who's ever been pressured to forgive their abuser.

November 11, 2014

Goodbye, family that takes my brother’s side, despite what he did to me

Two years ago she wanted to know if, as a Christian, she needed to forgive...

September 2014

September 12, 2014

That lovable man who abuses you

One reason some women remain in abusive relationships that no one ever talks about.

September 04, 2014

The one critical difference between healthy self-esteem and narcissism

We're all attracted to confident people. The problem lies in the two kinds of people...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

All there is to say about Ferguson

The revolution will be live.

August 05, 2014

Dude: Being a Christian doesn’t mean your girlfriend has to be one, too

He says that he wants to be with her, but can't because she's not a...

August 01, 2014

Her husband wants to explore his bisexuality

Her husband wants to sleep with a man. How should she feel about this?

July 2014

July 17, 2014

What sexual abuse steals from its victims–and how they can get it back

Young people who are sexually abused by someone they love are through that trauma robbed...

May 2014

May 14, 2014

Tell me/us about your weather

What's going on with the weather where you live?

May 10, 2014

The mother we never had

If your mother's unhappiness—her pain, her dysfunction, her drama—was more precious to her than you...

February 2014

February 17, 2014

Woman having affair with her pastor’s wife: “I ended it.” Chalk up 3 more lives decimated by anti-gay “Christianity.”

How wonderful to be straight, and by that fact alone deserve God's favor! Meanwhile, year...

February 12, 2014

She’s having an affair with her pastor’s wife

A woman writes to ask advice on the affair she's having with her pastor's husband.

February 05, 2014

Your abuser can’t know himself like you know him

This is for anyone in an abusive relationship.

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Yoga pants in public

Walking to our car after our yoga class last night, my wife and I were...

January 27, 2014

Is it a sin to look at porn?

Lots of people get hurt when you drop a coin into the coffers of the...

January 21, 2014

When bad Christians happen to good women

Why is it that converting to Christianity turns so many people into dinks?

January 14, 2014

What no one can forgive

Find yourself unable to finally and completely forgive a terrible transgression against you--to "just let...