Tag Archives: Conversations

A counselor once told me that as important are the issues of life and family, what is more important is how we talk about them. In this article I want to focus on verbal battles in relationships, be it husband and wife or relationships outside of the home. Things can ...

Tractors and other farm implements are now busy tilling, fertilizing, and planting seeds for this year’s crops of a variety of vegetables and fruits. Where I live it is sowing season for the farmers. Later this year all of this will be harvested and reaped, available on roadside stands and ...

When I think back on the other seven fruits of the Spirit, gentleness includes love, patience, kindness, and goodness. Gentleness, however, has a special significance not given to the other fruits. The Greek meaning is along the line of “sweet reasonableness.” I Peter 3:4 in the NASV says it is ...

There is a popular saying: “Do random acts of kindness” throughout your day. The vast majority of people are kind. It’s part of human nature and doesn’t, in most cases, require much effort. It can be exhibited through conversations, deeds, giving, and simply being thoughtful of others. The Bible has ...

Just recently I received a magazine in my school mailbox with the headline titled, “Teaching Tolerance in the Classroom.” Instantly the article’s words began to rub me the wrong way. We exist in a world that lives, eats, and breaths tolerance, but what does it really mean to be tolerant? ...