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Solutions to Loneliness. Will These Work?

In last week’s blog post I gave a summary of the recent 81-page report by the U.S. Surgeon General on loneliness and social isolation. It was all about the problem.  Today I’m going to summarize the solutions to loneliness offered in the report, followed by my brief comments about each

Solutions to Loneliness. Will These Work?2023-07-04T14:17:48-05:00
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Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Social Isolation

I recently read Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Social Isolation 2023. The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community. A little long, but what an interesting and compelling title.  It’s an 81-page report with 325 footnotes and references to research on this topic. The

Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Social Isolation2023-06-14T13:53:25-05:00
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Important Relationship Issues to Consider

I’ve so appreciated the feedback listeners to our podcast have been sending me. Some important relationship issues have been suggested for consideration when Season 8 of You Were Made for This begins.  Here are a few more that have come in.

Important Relationship Issues to Consider2023-06-09T13:40:01-05:00
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Responses to “I Need Help”

Our You Were Made for This podcast listeners have suggested some very good ideas for relationship topics to be examined in future episodes. They are in response to my May 17th blog post where I asked for help in developing content for the upcoming podcast season. As you probably know,

Responses to “I Need Help”2023-06-08T09:32:34-05:00
  • “And now let’s go hand in hand, not one before another.”

Relational Encouragement Found in an Unlikely Place

God surprises us sometimes with relational encouragement found in unlikely places. In doing so he may even use voices from the long-forgotten past. I experienced an example of this recently on a trip Janet and I took with our grandson, Nathan. It was our high school graduation gift to him

Relational Encouragement Found in an Unlikely Place2023-06-07T05:30:38-05:00

Relational Observations for May 2023

As I write this blog post a few responses are starting to trickle in from my May 17th entry, “I Need Help.”  I’ll be sharing some of them in the coming weeks. If you missed that post, you can click here to read it. It’s not too late to offer

Relational Observations for May 20232023-06-01T08:04:30-05:00
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