Personal Growth

Resolutions have a lot in common with fads. They come and they go and shift depending on what’s happening in culture. When skinny is in, people resolve to get fit. When financial independence is valued, we resolve to spend less and save more. Inside th …

  “Teach me the happy art of attending to things temporal with mind intent on things eternal.” The Valley of Vision Although I was born in Indiana among the cornfields of the Midwest, I now live with my husband on the tiny island of Guam among the …

Now that Thanksgiving is over, the season of Christmas (and Christmas parties) is upon us. Office parties. White elephant gift exchanges. Ugly sweater parties. You may have more social opportunities in this one month than you do for the rest of the yea …

We should aim to honor God by taking good care of our bodies, and that includes getting adequate rest.

One thing I’ve noticed since moving to Hong Kong is that many people here are obsessed with appearance. For those of you who haven’t visited, in Hong Kong there are 3-meter-wide and 1-meter-tall ads for beauty houses (that usually provide slimming and …

I knew it was only a matter of time before the question came up, though I had hoped it could wait a few more days. But there in my email inbox was the pixelated question I had been dreading: Have you ever been married or engaged before? I was enjoying …