I know I ought to be taking my children to church, but I'm a single mother on a limited income, and I'm afraid people will just look down on us because we can't afford fancy clothes. Can you understand why I feel this way?
I've finally stopped going to church, because I've almost lost my hearing and eyesight, and I can't get there easily or understand what's happening. Am I wrong to do this? I miss it very much because church has always been an important part of my life, but I don't see what choice I have.
I grew up in a good churchgoing family and I know I've broken their hearts by the way I've lived. Now I'm in prison for the things I've done. How did I get so bad? Did the devil blind me? I never thought I'd end up this way.
My husband doesn't care if the children and I go to church but he doesn't want anything to do with it. He says he's had enough of people trying to stuff God down his throat. How can I explain this to our children without making them lose their respect for him?
We had looked forward so much to having children, but our dear baby died when she was only a month old due to some serious birth defects. Why did God let this happen? I admit I'm having a hard time dealing with this. Is it wrong for me to feel this way?
I believe that when we die our life doesn't really come to an end, but we come back to earth and live another life. I know Christians don't believe in this idea of reincarnation, but why not?
I did something a few years ago that I know was very wrong, and it hurt a lot of people. I've asked God to forgive me, but I still feel guilty. Is this because God hasn't really forgiven me? Maybe it was too big a sin for Him to forgive.
How can you help someone when they refuse to admit they even need help? A friend of mine left her family for another man, and I know she can't be happy because he's very controlling and verbally abusive. But she won't admit she needs to get out of this and go back to her family. They are so broken up over this. What is wrong with her?
Our church is trying to get a group together to visit some of the local nursing homes and try to encourage the people there. I'd like to join them, but I've never been around older people much and I wonder if I'll be able to relate to them. I don't want to be a nuisance.
I admire people who have a strong faith but I guess I'm just not one of them. Sometimes God seems very real to me, but other times it's as if He didn't exist. Is there any secret to having a strong faith, or is it just something that some people have and others don't?
I'm in an alcoholic rehab program, and one of the things they want us to do is write to people we've hurt and apologize to them. But the only people I've hurt are ones who hurt me first, like my abusive parents. What good would it do to apologize to them? I don't honestly care what they think.
Do you honestly think there's any hope for a better world? It seems like there are wars and conflicts everywhere you look, and no matter what we do the world just gets worse and worse.
