Boston. It’s one of America’s great cities, the home of Harvard and MIT, and the birthplace of the American Revolution. The Gaffneys took in the sights of Beantown last summer. Along the Freedom Trail, we were humbled and grateful for the courage and boldness of our nation’s founding ...

Easter Sunday in 1975 was March 30, and at that time I was a middle school student, socially awkward and with few friends. I did have the great fortune of having a stable, loving home with siblings and two great parents, but in spite of that I felt unhappy and empty. The year prior had been ...

In a recent article appearing in the Times-Republican, AI was used to research Christianity’s view of life after death. With Easter upon us, let’s look to the Word of God itself, for guidance on what happens when we die. Genesis 2:7 tells us that God connected human beings with the rest ...

Jesus Christ died, was buried, and rose again and this is the Good News that makes life worth living. Jesus of Nazareth is the only human being and the only religious leader the world has ever known that has been raised from the dead never to die again. He is Alive and is the King of kings and ...

Do you tend to put others’ needs before your own? Do you have trouble saying no? Do you alter your personality in subtle ways to make yourself more likeable to others? These are signs of fawning, a type of people pleasing behavior that stems from complex trauma or adverse childhood ...

When I was a little boy I had an imaginary playmate, Cappy. Being the youngest of eight children, and there being a three year gap between my next oldest sibling, a girl, Angel, and me, and being raised in rural Iowa, I had no one to play with. Angel and I, having very little in common, ...