I have read a few headlines regarding people’s feeling towards the failure of Joel Osteen and his ministry to move more quickly to house the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Even from afar, it is clear that some people are mad at Joel. No worries, I don’t plan to go on a rant about my opinion regarding the actions of this pastor or his ministry. I am in absolutely no position to draw a single conclusion about their motives, intentions, character, or mindset. The interesting thing is, I don’t Continue Reading
Respond Differently
(SSS* Week #3) A friend’s daughter was no stranger to temper tantrums! This was, therefore, a great starting point of conversation for the mother and a therapist. “What do I do about these tantrums? Is she traumatized by some event? Is she being rebellious just for the sake of rebelling? Is she mentally unstable? What!?” the mother asked. The therapist offered a number of theories that could explain why the daughter expresses herself in this way. But she offered only one solution. She Continue Reading
A Good Man
(If reading via email, click here to listen to the audio version of this blog post.) I read a post addressed to abusive men. The overall message was that while this man is behaving badly towards a woman, there is another man ready and willing to be good to her. It gave several examples of poor, disrespectful, degrading behavior abusive men have towards their mates and rebutted those examples with loving, respectful, and honoring deeds another man is ready and willing to provide for the same Continue Reading