Benefits of Marriage

In this age, when we run from reliance on others and celebrate our own (ultimately futile) autonomy, it's nice to sometimes say, "I'm sad. ...

A Pat on the Back Works Best

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

Linked at the Roots

The article "What Good Is a Tree?" in Reader's Digest explained that when the roots of trees touch, there is a substance present that reduces ...

The Power of Caring

From 1986 to 1990, Frank Reed was held hostage in a Lebanon cell. For months at a time Reed was blindfolded, living in complete darkness, or chained to ...

Antidote for Envy

If I think about your success, plan for your success, pray for your success, genuinely hope for your success, and work for your success, then I will rejoice ...

Life in the Waiting Room

In One Church from the Fence, Wes Seelinger writes: "I have spent long hours in the intensive care waiting room ... watching with anguished people ...

Friends Light the Way

No problem is ever as dark when you have a friend to face it with you.

"He Knows Everything about My Life"

When Justin Armour was a rookie wide receiver with the Buffalo Bills, some veteran teammates invited him to a preseason party. Justin went and couldn't ...

The Buddy System

1967. We were at war with Vietnam. And there I was, at the U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia. It was brutal.

I can still hear the raspy ...

Joined for Survival

We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will ...