"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting,"[1] John Ruskin is credited with saying.

[1] New York Teachers' Monographs. United States, New York Teachers' Monographs Company, 1904.

He's an old snake that people have been fighting with in the gardens of their lives for millennia.

Our world has never been busier, demanding constant multi-tasking as we manage sky-high expectations. It's hard to limit ourselves to doing just one thing.

There are few wrongs harder to get past than the violation of trust we call betrayal.

You'll never find a confident, free-thinking person who agrees with you on absolutely everything! Thankfully, love, respect, and unity don't always depend on agreement.

Alone in a pit of pain. What do you need when you're hurting?

A distraught woman went to her pastors for counseling because it was terrible at home. But they didn't believe her.

It is not easy being a young adult today. Living payday to payday, stressed out over the state of the world, and craving meaning in life, the future looks grim to them.

We are creatures of habit. Do something, or think something, over and over and you're soon stuck in a habit.

Craig Groeschel tells a story about the roads in Alaska where winter snow melts, creating seriously muddy ruts in summer. A road sign reads, "Choose your rut carefully. You'll be in it for the next 60 miles."