Our lives as parents must not be about perfection, but about the courage of affection. We live our affection clearly and courageously...

The river of life never stops and the cycles of living move in never ending circles. The sparrows keep chirping in the nearby trees while...

I remember one morning when I prepared to head into Dallas for work. It was very early; some days I began my practice as a therapist at...

The following is an excerpt from the book, The Perfect Loss: A Different Kind of Happiness. It is a book about returning to hope, and...

There is a famous acronym in the wisdom of Alcoholics Anonymous called H.A.L.T. It is a very valuable self-awareness tool that can mark...

What follows are four gifts that we can give our children (of any age), and those gifts will be delivered imperfectly: We can take...

When you or I say to someone, “I feel sad” about some loss, or “I feel lonely” about some disconnection, we are simply laying claim to...

A good friend recently took the time to send me a prayer that he has been praying for himself and his friends for some time. I’m very...

The following is a list of ten qualities that make leaders worth joining, and make participants valuable to leaders. These ten simple...

No one naturally seeks to become mediocre, the diminishment of excellence. Anyone who thinks that they seek mediocrity, i.e., the...

Integrity is what people who have an internal locus of control tend to express in thought and action.  An internal locus of control is...

I It seems paradoxical, but admission of powerlessness can access great gifts. In a movie called Gladiator, Russell Crowe stars as a...

There are four realities in living life that we cannot overcome. They are fixed factors of living on earth. We may waste our lives...

If we love well, allowing ourselves to be “all in,” we will undoubtedly have experiences that bring pain to our lives. We will have...

Please read the words below about the power of love from Song of Solomon 8:6-7. In an intimate whisper the words tell us about the...

Cicadas are the bugs that come out of the ground, some every year, and others on 13 or 17 years cycles. They crawl to surfaces of tree...

What a gift to be able to take love for granted. Much of my life, I thought that for me to take anything for granted was somehow an...

Martina McBride sang a country song called “Anyway” and the first stanza says: You can spend your whole life building Something from...

One of the wonders of the earth to show a child is a bird’s nest. Sonya and I were walking down our street some time ago and a bird’s...

One of the accepted realities about men is that they don’t “do” feelings, reject intimacy, and are not romantic. Based upon my work with...