Christianity is not about morality. It's about reality.

We have our own thoughts, and if we want others to know them, we must tell them.

Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.

A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not.

You will not grow without attempting to do things you are unable to do.

If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.

Training moments occur when both parents and children do their jobs. The parent's job is to make the rule. The child's job is to break the rule. The parent then corrects and disciplines. The child breaks the rule again, and the parent manages the consequences and empathy that then turn the rule into reality and internal structure for the child.