Jane and Joseph
A major struggle people who come to The Center often face is drawing appropriate boundaries. There are many reasons for this. Some people feel it is harmful to others to do so. People may have told us it is selfish. Some people have given up their own wishes and...
Understand the Way Your Children View Technology
Your children may view that cell phone or game console or tablet or whatever-comes-next like a part of themselves, but you are still the parent. Even if you didn’t buy the device, that device is in your home and under your authority.
Technology and Our Need for Instant Gratification
With technology, we decide what we want to do, where we want to go, whom we access, and who accesses us. Some pieces of technology is, itself, a controller. It controls some part of our world and gives us access to that power.
Teens: Why Would God Want to Help Me?
As you get older and older, believing that God loves you gets harder and harder. God’s love for you is not based on you; God’s love for you is based on God. God decides to love you, to call you his child, and to consider you special and give you a unique purpose in the world.
What Does Your Time Say About You?
Time is the new commodity, the new treasure, in this culture because so many people seem to have so little of it left over. So, how a person spends his or her time says a great deal about what they value.