From the moment the baby is born, she needs someone out there to lock eyes with her and let her know she is connected and cared for and that she belongs. She needs it desperately—after all, she has just been pushed out of life-giving waters, the warm cocoon that fed her and kept her cozy. To be seen, heard, and held is her birthright. As she grows, however, her need to be seen and heard is shaped by the ones who raise her. She learns that certain behaviors earn approval while

Several years ago I went on a women’s weekend to Galveston. The first night there, we went to Karaoke Night in a local restaurant where...

The Bible Is Full of Paradoxes…. Jesus offers us his light and easy yoke (Matthew 11:28), yet also demands that we take up our cross...

“Addiction is a self-defeating force that abuses our freedom and makes us do things we really do not want to do. It enslaves the energy...