Posts tagged relationships

Do you put up a wall of emotional distance in relationships out of fear of loss or saying goodbye? Hope begins as we admit these fears and take them to God.

For the first time in my life, I used AI and asked Chat GPT questions about what the normalized use of AI will do to …

Hatred of any human being is never an option for a believer in Jesus Christ. It is easy to sinfully justify hatred, especially when the …

I don’t know what you are hearing, but I feel like I am constantly hearing two complaints from young adults today: 1) Loneliness is a …

Our little “idolatry/enmity” game has simple but firm rules: delight me, humor me, comfort me, or love me, and you get closer to my “idol” pole; but annoy me, disregard me, disappoint me, or threaten me, and you get closer to my enemy pole. Whenever a relationship promises to deliver happiness, we scoot that person toward the “idol” pole of our line. And whenever a relationship threatens to obstruct our happiness, we push that person toward the “enemy” pole of our line.

I’ve had a few difficult conversations in my life. I wish I could say I’ve handled them all perfectly. But, as people close to me could tell you, I haven’t. Here are a few questions—informed by Scripture and some limited experience—that would be helpful to ask before going into a conversation you know will be difficult.