In several of my previous articles I alluded to the fact that feelings have become of the utmost importance in our society. This is at the cost of reason and common sense, but supposedly supported by science. In this article I would like to search for God’s opinion about feelings and reason, so we can […]

In everyday life we take words and language for granted. Every baby learns the language from his or her parents, and we use it to communicate with others throughout our lives. Even when a person becomes handicapped, we all will try to communicate with some kind of language, like Braille or sign language or even […]

The Right Kind of Strong: Surprisingly Simple Benefits of a Spiritual Strong Woman Mary A. Kassian. Nashville: Nelson Books, 2019. Paperback. 224 pages. Publisher’s list price: $17.99 In this book, Mary Kassian explains seven habits that can make a woman spiritually strong. Using 2 Timothy 3:6–7 as the starting point, she sets forth in a […]

When I told my son, who is twenty-two, I was going to write an article with this title, he asked how I could do that, as I never worked. What did you feel or think when you read this title? How has culture, your upbringing, and/or Scripture influenced your thinking about work? In this article […]

Losing a loved one will happen to most us. Although many of the points made will be applicable to all people who grieve the loss of a loved one, this article was written with widows in mind who are in middle life. Those who are widowed at an early age or still have young children, […]

The word “mentor” or the verb “mentoring” is not in the Bible, but the concept certainly is. In Titus 2, Paul gives a good explanation what mentoring is, both for men and women. In this article I would like to focus on women. I have encountered many misconceptions about the whole idea of mentoring. This […]