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Lessons from My First Job (at Wal-Mart)

Back in the day, it was time for me to start looking for my first job. So one of my best friends and I decided to apply at the closest place to our homes — Wal-Mart. We dropped off our applications, and a couple of hours later we got a call from one of …

Give While Getting Out of Debt?

  Yesterday on his blog, Randy Alcorn answers a question from a young couple who are $100,000 in debt and wondering about how much, if any, they should be giving to the church. The couple acknowledges that they are “reaping consequences from bad c …

Photo Fear

  A friend of mine sent me this link a couple of weeks ago, accompanied by the comment, “When I was in high school, I thought I was so ugly that I never was in pictures and I totally regret it.” She hated camera lenses. She hated the way she looke …

Nudity in Art

Comments on several blog posts tell me that this is a hot topic: When and how is it appropriate to include nudity and portrayals of sexual intercourse in various forms of art, specifically film? In regards to viewing nudity, it’s clear that there’s a s …

Leaving Your (Sexual) Past Behind

  The last couple of “Boundless Answers” columns have got me thinking. More accurately, they’ve got me remembering. For those of you who haven’t read them yet, Candice yesterday responded to a single woman who plans on asking her “future husband t …

Is Staying at Home Selfish?

  Sometimes during a Christmas party conversation, when people find out you work for Focus on the Family or Boundless, you feel a little judged. Other times, the questions begin. Saturday night, it was the latter. “So, I overheard you mention your …

6 Scary Questions to Ask a Potential Spouse

One blog commenter, who is in a serious relationship, recently asked whether she should bring up the issue of pornography with her boyfriend. The answer is a resounding yes. A wise and wonderful married friend of mine compiled a list of the “hard quest …

Falling for Credit Card “Savings”

  Let’s just start by saying I meant to pay it on time. I really did. But, I had to return a couple of things — so I didn’t want to pay the full balance and then end up with credit on the account. You see, they’d offered me 30 percent off my purc …

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