I have stopped praying for years at a time. I started praying again not because I think God wants me to but because prayer turns me into one kind of person and no prayer turns me into a different kind of person.

I still feel the pain of what occurred more than 50 years ago, but the church—our church—has asked for forgiveness. I will give it another chance.

Being able to experience God through prayer has changed my life. I have learned to respond with love instead of lashing back; I have learned my worth and strength; I have learned to not allow negativity back into my life.

Feelings are not political agendas and many of these celebrities are intertwined in our memories in ways that bypass our frontal cortex.

Every single abortion represents a massive failure toward some particular woman.

The challenges of attending church with a curious toddler are well known enough to be cliché, but like any set of new parents, they are new to us.