One of the surest ways to guard against spiritual abuse is by knowing doctrine.

It was one of those moments when life goes into slow motion. I watched my Muslim friend wearing her hijab (modest clothing including a scarf around her head) flinch in pain. I think everything went into slow motion because my mind kicked into high gear at that moment. As a child in Sunday School, I memorized this statement written in 1842: *We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege,

"Wait a second, I think it's raining." I told my sister who was on the phone. I squinted at my kitchen window and saw water falling down, but not like rain.... and then I realized the water wasn't outside, it was inside. I ran upstairs to find that in the ten minutes I'd been on the phone, my neurodivergent son had flooded the upstairs bathroom. That was only one of hundreds of disasters I tackled that summer. Summer can be a beautiful time of freedom: no school routines, lon

Therapy should make space for your story, not edit your faith out of it.

Religious and spiritual trauma are terms often used interchangeably, and though some counselors think of them as being the same, for people who have spent a lot of time in a religious group, it is very clear that they are not the same. While they often bleed into each other, they stem from different sources and affect individuals in different ways. Understanding this distinction is crucial for those who’ve experienced harm, for the counselors who seek to help, for clergy at r

Explore seven strengths and weaknesses to guide thoughtful, balanced engagement with any religious group.

Favoritism (triangulation) occurs in couples counseling, but it doesn't have to. Since 1988 psychologists like John and Julie Gottman have found a way around it.

A grandfather’s unspoken war trauma might manifest as emotional distance in his children and anxiety or substance use in his grandchildren.

We assume that the longer someone does something, the better they get at it. But in psychotherapy, decades of scientific research paints a surprising picture.

Professional genealogists and archivists can open doors to family history work like nobody else can, especially for a person looking to find records abroad. While many countries are moving the records online and opening them up to the public, others have locked records and require an in person visit to local archives or churches. When my husband first told me that he had a Josits in his family line I was excited. Having lived in Slovenia, I knew that name was south slavi

After 5 years of online researching and fishing through microfilm we came to an end of the records available to us in the United States.