'Love heals': Science of love and heart health
We’ve all heard the phrase “love heals,” but what if that sentiment is more than just poetic?


We’ve all heard the phrase “love heals,” but what if that sentiment is more than just poetic?

What possible good can be found in death?

How do we develop a vibrant prayer life?

Incessant suffering may lead to fulfilling a God-given purpose.

The holiday blues are common. However, we can choose a different kind of holiday season. Let’s make merry and bright, truly merry and bright together.

Giving traditions such as these teach the truth to even the very young that it is better to give than to receive. Giving to others indwells the giver with a unique joy that cannot be reproduced.

However, sometimes death arrives like a semi-truck that has run a stop sign. On September 11, 2001, it arrived by planes hitting towers, government offices, and fields of summer grass not yet greeted by the coolness of fall temperatures.

I won’t declare that my life is completely shed of the yoke of depression. However, these practices have lightened its weight and in concert have enriched my relationship with the Lord and with others. I pray they do the same for you.

When we live as if tomorrow will always come, we may miss the opportunity to make today count. When we live in worry that tomorrow might not come, we also miss that same opportunity.

When one has not had the opportunity to say goodbye, the acceptance of loss is more difficult. Harder still is the final last which is marred by harsh words, unspoken love, and bitter regret.
