The messages of a shame-based family: “Don’t talk, don’t trust, don’t feel.” “Everybody has to put their needs aside...
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Wise people have observed that we all have legitimate, God-given needs for “the 3 As”: attention, affection and affirmation....
This Father’s Day weekend, my to-do list included personalizing almost three dozen wooden swords. A dear friend has a...
I have the privilege of helping to moderate an online forum for women who struggle with same-sex attraction. One...