The prayer taught by Jesus begins with “Our Father”. God has many names because all of His attributes do not fit into one personality. But when we address God as our Father, what does it mean?

We often talk about the kind of friends to have (or to get rid of!), but maybe it’s time to turn the light on ourselves and see if we are a good friend.

We speak an average of 15,000 words per day. A single word can uplift or destroy a person. So we have a very dangerous weapon at our disposal and the Bible teaches us to use it with great wisdom.

It’s good to set goals and have plans, but we can’t be constantly busy. It is good to take vacations, time to rest, even in our desire to build a life together.

It’s one of the first lessons of civility that we teach our children: learning to say “thank you”. And it’s a lesson that seems very difficult to learn or is quickly forgotten. Yet we all benefit from practicing thankfulness.