I'd like to change my life for the better but I don't know how. I know I'm weak and need God's help to do it, but how do I get that? Maybe you can point me in the right direction.
Last year, I moved into an assisted living place. It's been hard adjusting, but the thing I hate most is all the gossip that goes on here. I guess that's to be expected in a small community like this (we have about 100 units) but it still gets under my skin. What can I do about it?
What does it mean to forgive someone? Our family was deeply damaged by what someone did to one of us. He's been arrested, but now he's saying we ought to forgive him and not press charges since we're Christians. Is this right?
Which is more important in your thinking, Christmas or Easter? Most people would say Christmas, I suppose, but I'd be interested in your opinion.
I feel guilty, because every Christmas I say I'm going to keep the real meaning of Christmas, but then I get distracted by all the shopping and parties. How should we celebrate Christmas?
How do you know Jesus was really divine? I work in a state mental hospital, and we have several people here who think they are God. What's the difference between them and Jesus? I'm sure you are a sincere person, but as you can tell, I'm fairly cynical about religion.
Last year, my husband and I started attending church again and committed our lives to Christ, after being away from God for many years. The problem is, our three children grew up without any religion, and now that they're adults they don't have anything to do with God. Is there anything we can do to make up for our years of failure?
When I was in my teens, we had a visiting evangelist in our church, and part of me really wanted to give my life to Jesus. But part of me didn't, and I'm afraid that part won. Since I turned my back on God then, will He refuse to have anything to do with me now? I don't have much longer to live and I need to know.
My boyfriend is in prison (for dealing in drugs), and now he's written me that he's become a Christian. The problem is, he says we can't live together again when he gets out in a few months, because it's wrong and God doesn't want us to. Is this true? I don't have anywhere to go.
This past year has been a horrible one for my family and me—financial reverses, a lost job, illnesses, you name it. People keep telling me to look up because next year is bound to be better, but how do they know? I'd like to be an optimist, but how can I when so much has gone wrong?
Do you think it does any good to make a list of New Year's resolutions? I do it just about every year, but a month later I've usually forgotten all about them.
For the first time, our family wasn't together over Christmas, and it about broke my heart. Our daughter (who's 16) wasn't with us because she's in a court-ordered drug rehab program. Why do young people get so messed up with drugs? I don't think she realized what she was getting into until it was too late.
