Phobias! There are all sorts. It’s easy to make light of a variety of rare phobias (such as arachibutyrophobia — the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth), but people suffering from phobias often find themselves debilitated by anxiety to the point of avoiding scary experiences...

Why is it that forgiveness is so powerful? So necessary? Forgiveness heals. Some say that forgiveness is letting go of the past. That may seem impossible if your past is painful. Some things are simply hard to forgive, and we can’t just pretend that things didn’t happen. Perhaps, however, we...