Perfect Fear Casting Out Love

Perfect love may cast out fear, but fear is remarkably potent in casting out love.

—P. D. James, English author (1920- )

The Importance of Identifying Relational Issues

The Thing in the Bushes is a book about corporate blind spots. Authors Kevin Graham Ford and James D. Osterhaus point out that most leaders of companies ...

Harvard Studies Happiness

In 1937, a researcher at Harvard University began a study (originally named The Harvard Study of Adult Development) on what factors contribute to human ...

Most Common Complaints Men Have About Women—and Vice Versa

University of Louisville psychologist Michael Cunningham recently did an extensive study of the most common complaints men and women have about each other. ...

God Helps Boy Deal with Uncontrollable Temper

After successfully separating numerous Siamese twins and continuing to refine the techniques of several complicated surgeries, Dr. Ben Carson has become ...

Billie Holiday on Losing Despite Winning

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

—Billie Holiday, U.S. jazz singer (1915–1959)

A Christian Neighbor's Bad Testimony

Steve Sjogren writes in “Changing the World Through Kindness”:

Not long after we moved [into our first house in California], my wife, Janie, ...

Men Are Computers, Women Are Cell Phones

Rhonda Rhea writes in "Men Are Computers, Women Are Cell Phones”:

"I don't know how we're going to sort out tonight's schedule," ...

Biggest Problem in Communication

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

—George Bernard Shaw, Irish literary critic, playwright, and ...

John Ortberg Considers the Ongoing Battle with Racism

Psychologists have found an intriguing way to study what it is that we really like and dislike. It's called "affective priming." They print ...