Life Skills

Can You Be Spiritually Healthy But Mentally Unhealthy?

I heard this question asked recently in a discussion about the emotional health of clergy, precipitated by the tragic death of a well-known local preacher who took his own life. The question is tricky, because we know that a person can be spiritually healthy but physically unhealthy. If you're older, then your "outer self is [...]

By |2018-09-13T20:58:57-07:00September 13th, 2018|Christian Behavior, Culture, Life Skills|Comments Off on Can You Be Spiritually Healthy But Mentally Unhealthy?

What’s Best For Marriage – Compatibility or Commitment?

It’s my observation as one now married more than thirty years that two things are required for a successful marriage: commitment and compatibility. But I fear that out of fear we have given compatibility far more weight than it can carry as a predictor of marital health. And if the other person doesn’t match up [...]

By |2017-07-10T09:57:24-07:00July 10th, 2017|Family Life, Life Skills, Men and Women|Comments Off on What’s Best For Marriage – Compatibility or Commitment?

Three Proven Ways To Have More Friends

We live in a world today of so many connections, but so little friendship. Social media links us as never before with hundreds of people who are only a click away - and yet study after study shows that we are lonelier than ever. While pondering this enigma recently, I came across the story in Scripture [...]

By |2017-05-20T18:37:08-07:00May 11th, 2017|Bible, Life Skills|Comments Off on Three Proven Ways To Have More Friends

Lewis & Clark’s Five Tips For A Happy Marriage

As a pastor who’s now logged 33 years with the wife-of-my-life, I’ve been asked often what makes for an enduring marriage. And when that question comes up, invariably I bring up – naturally – Lewis and Clark. For real. On May 21, 1804, at 3:30 in the afternoon, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, along with [...]

By |2017-05-20T18:37:08-07:00March 22nd, 2017|Family Life, Life Skills, Men and Women|Comments Off on Lewis & Clark’s Five Tips For A Happy Marriage