The holiday season is packed with family gatherings and, inevitably, drama. Uncle Tim can’t resist voicing his political opinions. Aunt Tanya despises cousin Sam, and he refuses to sit anywhere…...

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Last week, Barry and I found ourselves at 10 pm sitting at a special reserved table at The Stud, the first gay bar in San Francisco. First of all, there…...

I am neither a Street Pastor nor a Foodbank volunteer, but I hope I might be known as a Good Samaritan. Certainly, that was one person’s take on my action…...

Codependency is based on false, dysfunctional beliefs that are learned from our parents and environment. Recovery entails changing those beliefs, the most damaging of which is that we’re not worthy…...

Our wounded self is our dark, shadow side. Not because it is bad, but because it is cut off from the light of God. It lives in the darkness of…...

Children are growing up too fast. They are growing up in a toxic atmosphere of consumerism, overexposure to media, and aggressive marketing. The cyber revolution offers free communication and uninhibited…...

Loneliness sucks. It’s a horrible feeling to think you have nobody in the world to turn to as you are trying to make sense of your divorce and your new…...