Articles on Secular-topics:life-issues/relationships

How to Trust God in Painful Circumstances

Wondering where God is during your struggle? Pause and consider what He’s able to do with your pain.

Hope for the Lonely Soul

We were created to belong, experience wholeness, flourish in hope and find a life-changing community. Our hearts desire these aspects of life because it’s how we are wired.

The Journey to Loving Outside My Culture

There are practical ways to show your love & care to a friend who's grieving because it can be hard to know how to be a friend when you are needed most.

How to Lead When Tragedy Strikes

What do you do when people are looking to you to respond to a tragedy? Here are 3 specific things the Cru ministry in Venezuela learned when they experienced loss.

How to Love the Neighbor You've Never Met

Jesus commanded us to love our neighbors, but for many, that remains a struggle. Here are three small steps to help you start.

Finding the Courage to Change in Community

Who are you surrounding yourself with? Where are you looking for hope? Discover the courage to change.

What Can Christians Learn From a Sorority?

What started as an outlet for Ruth to talk about her faith and make friends has actually shown her what Christians can learn from sororities.

3 Lessons from the Well

One conversation with Jesus changed a Samaritan woman’s life. These three lessons from the well can help you grow in your faith and share that faith with your neighbors.

Two Essential Questions For Christian Dating Couples

Shaping that foundation is critical, here are two helpful questions we should ask ourselves before a relationship spontaneously begins to grow.

Happiness Is Not About Being in a Relationship

Are you single? Do you ever feel like society offers an imbalanced perspective on singleness? This is often true, but regardless of your relationship status, it’s important to keep a good perspective and be intentional in life. Here are some suggestions on how to do that.

How to Go From Fantasy to Reality in Your Relationships

Dr. Henry Cloud looks at some of the biggest causes of “date diseases” that take women places where they don’t want to go in relationships.

Dating the Right Person

After 20 years in the profession of helping people, I have come to understand something: we cause much of our pain by the people we choose. In every kind of clinical issue that psychologists deal with, relationships are a big part of the picture in some way.

10 Things to Do While You're Single

Being single is actually a gift, if you treat it as such. It gives you the opportunity to do some things that would become more difficult after marriage, and properly prepare for marriage – if that's your goal.

9 Ways to Be a Good Neighbor

If you want to help people get to know Jesus, try starting right where you live. Here are real-life ideas for sharing your faith in your neighborhood.

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