Articles on Secular-topics:life-issues/relationships

When Pleasing Others Gets in the Way of Leading

As a child, I thought I needed to be nice so people would like me. I thought that was love. But you know what? That is not the way God sees it. Laying aside my rights doesn’t mean pleasing others. This discovery has been critical to my life and leadership.

Why We Should Extend Grace to Others

How we grow strong in God's grace and why we give grace to others.

3 Reasons Millennials Need to Risk Relationship

Why millennials need to take the time and the risk to move toward deep and meaningful relationships.

Father Knows Best

Talking to God about someone's needs can bring a chance to talk about God.

How to Love Someone When You Think They’re Wrong

"It shouldn’t surprise you that people hold onto their beliefs and ideologies strongly. I know this because it’s exactly what I do."

How to Trust God in Painful Circumstances

Struggling to understand where God is during your struggle? Pause and consider what He’s able to do with your pain.

How to Lead When Tragedy Strikes

What do you do when people are looking to you to respond to a tragedy? Here are 3 specific things the Cru ministry in Venezuela learned when they experienced loss.

The Journey to Loving Outside My Culture

It can be hard to know how to be a friend when you’re needed most. There are practical ways to show your love and care to a friend who is grieving.

What Can Christians Learn From a Sorority?

What started as an outlet for Ruth to talk about her faith and make friends has actually shown her what Christians can learn from sororities.

10 Things to Do While You're Single

Being single is actually a gift, if you treat it as such. It gives you the opportunity to do some things that would become more difficult after marriage, and properly prepare for marriage – if that's your goal.

Dating the Right Person

After 20 years in the profession of helping people, I have come to understand something: we cause much of our pain by the people we choose. In every kind of clinical issue that psychologists deal with, relationships are a big part of the picture in some way.

Two Essential Questions For Christian Dating Couples

Shaping that foundation is critical, here are two helpful questions we should ask ourselves before a relationship spontaneously begins to grow.

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