A humorous look at the author's experience at the Crosswalk.com forum.

The spiritually dead church. In my life, as a minister's son, I have seen many spiritually dead churches. There is no love, or working of the spirit. Some churches, have become a haven, for social gatherings, gossip meetings, and condemnation.

Rabbi Kushner could not comprehend how a loving, supposedly merciful and compassionate and just God, could allow such a tragedy to befall him and his loved ones. After all, he considered himself a God-fearing, obedient man who was living a more religiously committed life than most people. So how could a God of justice permit so great an injustice?

Are you seeking fulfillment? Have you any idea of how to get there? Did you know that in order to achieve it it might mean challenging some basic beliefs you hold? Did you know that in order to do so it means making a committment to life, your life?

What are you listening to? What are you watching? Are you listening to God's word -or a fish-language?

What you do If you find yourself in the room is ultimately your choice, it is up to you where to go next, you decide!

God formed man, the crown of His creation, to dream God-sized dreams. If we are in His image, as the Book of Genesis tells us, then we have His dreams inside of us. Let’s walk through some suggestions to move you to that exhilarating place of anticipating God’s best.

Make no mistake about it, change is challenging whether it is conscious or unexpected. Viewing adversity as change, not loss or failure, is part of empowered and positive thinking.

I was reminiscing with a friend recently about his ‘dark night of the soul’ that he’d just experienced. During his pain, he turned his back on God. Raised in a traditional Catholic family he found ...

With a busy working life and a busy home life, stress levels can soar during the regular week. Let's make the most of the weekend by including several great stress busters to help you relax and find peace of mind.

What is the one thing you can do in three minutes to take control when there seems to be none? How can you possibly make decisions when there are so many competing choices? Take a moment in the busy day of a parent. The baby is crying uncontrollably, the phone is ringing, someone is at the door and needs your attention and you have to leave for the pediatrician appointment you NEED to keep. Just the day–to-day challenges of parenting offer stresses that must be juggled. Choices have to be made. How about choosing to take the next moment and take some deep breaths. Just take three deep breaths and you can begin to change your whole perspective.

Stress and the effects of stress are directly related to the law of attraction. Now you can use the law of attraction to defeat stress at work.

Stress plays a huge part in all of our lives now, we all face challenges (good and bad) and obstacles, and when it gets too much, when we are past our comfort zone, then stress manifests. It can be good sometimes, personally I work best when I am slightly stressed, it pushes you to work faster and stay focussed on the task at hand, but too much stress can have detrimental effects.

Managing stress and fatigue seems to be an elusive dream for many. They know they have unmanaged stress, and they realize it is leading to ongoing fatigue, but they are at a loss as to what to do.

Because of the link between your body and mind, if one suffers, they both suffer. That is why you feel tried and run down when you get stressed out, and it feels like your mind cannot escape the things that are causing your stress.

A lot of people are having phobia of Friday the 13th, actually it's not that horrifying. Take a look at the resources provided and you will know better.

Do your friends always come to you wanting advice? Do you take over when others are incompetent? Are you doing more of your fair share at work or at home? There are four dysfunctional patterns on the Karpman Drama Triangle and the rescue role is the one with which most women identify. Leaving the rescue role is difficult but your life is worth it.

We are more stressed, and leading less contented lives than ever before in modern history, and here’s the top 7 Greatest Stress-creating behaviors. Find the ones that apply to you and get to eliminating them, because these you can control!

Deadlines, bills, relationships – it can all pile up on you quickly. To de-stress, try one of these Amherst spas.

Stress is a creeping killer. It never shows itself in any major way until you have a heart attack. To fight back, make regular visits to any of the Albany spas.

When you think about your body you probably tend to imagine your physical presence (your hair, face, arms, legs, etc.). But what about the other side of the coin? The energy side? We are not only made up of flesh and bone, we are also made up of energy. You can feel it when you are on a roller coaster and it’s rushing down an insanely steep track. The elation or horror that you feel is energy.

Winning with whiners can be quite a battle. They often complain, murmur, and tattle. You cannot be a winner if you're frequently associating with whiners. If you seemingly have no way out due to working or living conditions, here are 10 ways to win with whiners.

Stress is a daily reality for most of us. We live with it and sometimes it is silently killing us without us realizing it. It is not a question of does stress affect a person, it is a question of how and how much does stress affect a person. Let's look at how it can affect you.