Dr. Perry Downs reflects on how to answer little children's questions about God.
My wife, Sandy, and five-year-old daughter, Sarita, were driving to church one Sunday morning when Sarita asked, "Mom, does everyone go to church?" Sandy responded, "No, some people don't go to church." Sarita thought for a few minutes before asking, "But does God love everybody?" "Yes, he does," Sandy said, and then continued, "It is sad that God loves all people, but some people just don't love God back. One of the reasons we need to go to church is to be with people who do love God so that we can be strong in our faith."
Longtime counselor Dr. Keith Bjorge shares three strategies to restore a broken marriage or to reinforce a healthy one.
Meet Alice and Brent* After seven months, Alice consented to attend a final counseling session with her husband, Brent, who had begged her to attempt marital therapy one more time. This was their third attempt at couples' counseling, not to mention the two marital enrichment workshops they had attended. Their first series of counseling sessions was with their pastor; the second was with a professional counselor in their community. Clearly, they had tried to fix their marriage, but nothing seemed to bear fruit as they'd hoped.
