Teenage relationships are so confusing. Were they this complicated when I was a teenager? Or do teenagers just thrive on making things difficult? A few weeks ago the 16-year-old went to a girl’s volley ball game to watch his “sorta girlfriend” play. “Sorta girlfriend?” ...

The other day I had a chat with my teens about sexting. Sexting is the term used when teens send naked, or nearly naked, pictures of themselves to a significant other via picture messaging on their cell phones. My teens hadn’t heard of the term “sexting,” but they do know people wh...

After being pretty sedentary for most of the winter I’ve decided to start being a little more active. I’ve been working out several times a week and even joined a hip hop class for completely uncoordinated women over 30. (Ok, maybe I’m the only uncoordinated one, but we are all ove...

In her new book “An Altar in the World,” bestselling author Barbara Brown Taylor writes about “the practice of paying attention.” She explains: The practice of paying attention is as simple as looking twice at people and things you might just as easily ignore. To see takes ti...

Technology often gets a bad rap. With instant messaging and cell phones, face-to-face conversations are a thing of the past. With video games and television, we aren’t as active as we used to be. But there are some good things too. Like when I call my teenager who is upstairs in the kitchen an...

It’s not just girls, boys want to keep up with the latest trends too. We can use lessons from the workplace to help teens with homework. A new study found a link between degrading lyrics and teen sex. Teen obesity is just as deadly as teen smoking. R-rated movies are prompting teens to smoke. ...

Galatians 6:2 "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." In teh context of being caught in sin (Galatians 6:1), Paul calls us to bear each other's burdens. Guilt is quite burdensome, it can drag you down and cripple you. But if someone stand with you, and helps to bear the burde...

I know this will come as quite a shock, but things have really changed since I was a little girl. Back then I had to dig a quarter out of my pocket or beg a stranger for some change so I could use the payphone to call home. These days kids just need to flip open their cell phone and dial their paren...

Two and a half months ago I was hyperventilating and on the verge of losing my mind. My teen just outright refused to do any homework and was on a path to become a high school dropout. But today we are on a different track. It’s not perfect. He still failed two classes last term. It was just t...

Can you believe it’s February already. The new year is really flying by and I’m finding it hard to catch up. Valentine’s Day is in less than two weeks. I have been informed by my elementary school-age kids that I need to get on the ball and buy Valentine’s Day card before all...