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For many parents, having conversations with teens about sex  is uncomfortable. Yet, considering how much sexual content and images they are exposed to on a daily basis, they are dealing with sexual thoughts and feelings on a regular basis.  Talking about sex in a sex saturated society is necessary and needs to be an ongoing conversation. Consider…

Q: The minute I get my kids in the back seat of the minivan, the ride becomes a ride of horrors! They start picking at each other and fighting. I dread taking them anywhere and feel like they’ve got me because we are usually on a time crunch and need to get to our destination.…

Jeff has been struggling to go to work everyday. He desperately needs his job to pay bills and provide for his family, but this past year, he has grown disenchanted with his work environment. So much so, that he thinks about quitting. He knows he can’t and feels trapped in an unhappy job. Being unhappy at work,…

Urban legend has it that during one of the worst hurricanes in U.S. history, a band of people were partying on the third floor of the Richelieu Manor Apartments in Pass Christian, Mississippi, ground zero for the storm. As the storm approached, feeling invincible and determined to ride out the storm, the apartment dwellers through a…

Question: My ten-old-daughter refuses to talk to her new stepdad at meals and will not listen to him when he gives her directions. This is causing tension in our house. I have been divorced for three years and my daughter sees her father every weekend. She has made it clear that she doesn’t want my…

We all experience anxious moments in our lives. Think about the first time you performed on stage, went out on a date, got married, or gave birth. Anxiety pushed you forward in a healthy and productive way. It came, propelled you to action, and then subsided. But what happens when it doesn’t subside? What if…

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf ear.” C.S. Lewis It’s sometimes hard to understand. Why do bad leaders rule and boast in their own power, ignoring the fact that their rule is subject to God?  They may…

How strong is your faith when it comes to facing a crisis or difficulty? What if you suffer a life event that doesn’t go your way? Do you give up on God? Renee and her husband confronted this. Their child was very ill. So many were praying, yet the child eventually died. How could God…

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go!  Do you know who wrote that famous quote? Dr. Seuss! And March 2 is his birthday.  He would be 112-years-old! Now, Theodore Seuss Geisel was not actually a doctor. He added the title while in…

I don’t usually comment on politics. But the name-calling, accusations, the total disregard for truth or facts… makes me sad. Of course, not every politician is doing this, but by in large, we have a lot of bullying going on. If children talked to each other like this in school, they would be in the…
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