It’s Holy Week in Christendom. What better week for my coming out party as a Christian. There. I said it – I am a Christian! So why does that make me so uncomfortable? Could it be because I was raised in the eighties when evangelicalism ran rampant? Or because I’m from Texas? Or because I […]
How Empathy Creates Intimacy
Growing up, anger controlled my family’s mood and behavior. Anger kept our true feelings hostage. As kids, my brothers and I were not encouraged to express how we really felt unless we were in a good mood. If our emotions and reactions were negative we would get a negative response, if they were positive we […]