Q. I am really confused about who to vote for this November. I want to vote my conscience, but my conscience is split across party lines. Any tips on choosing our new Commander in Chief?
A. Voting, especially for President, is always difficult. The only way to get guidance is by doing your own research. Find issues that you feel represent what the Scripture would speak to. Seek out Scripture to find what God’s thrust (overall) is, as you read the way God has worked. Never settle for “proof texting,” or …

Q. I have been dating my boyfriend for several years. At his urging, our relationship became physically intimate. I regret compromising my beliefs, but I love him and don’t want to hurt or lose him by rejecting his advances. I know in my heart that he’s “the one,” so am I really doing anything wrong?
A. Begin by reading the answer to question #1.
Reconsider, not your relationship to the person you’re dating, but your relationship to God.  Clearly, the idea of “hurting or losing” a relationship with your boyfriend is superseded …

Q. Religion, society, and even legislation look down on the union between same sex couples. But why? Love and attraction is such a powerful thing. Would not God prefer that we loved one another in whatever positive way?
A. God is certainly interested in “love” (John’s letter even tells us that God IS love!). But, part of the problem, in the English-speaking world, anyway, is that we use this one word (”love”) to cover quite a wide variety of feelings and behaviors.
The other part of the problem (which I can more …

By Sarah J. Francois
What I told him with my eyes
I told him I was scared
That I was guilty
Yes.. caught in the act
I didn’t care
Not anymore
This was who I was
This sparsely clothes
Half a person before him
I’d heard of him before
His name whispered in awe
And sometimes in disdain
I heard he cured illnesses
Gave the blind sight
But as I stared at him
I saw a normal person
Yet I couldn’t feel fear
His demeanor His manner
His eyes
NO indignance
No righteous anger in them
NO hate
And I felt shame
It was a strange emotion
That I hadn’t felt in a while.
Masked by …

A story by YenYen Lintang
Strange creaking sounds and animalistic cries resounded through the gloomy forest. Ruwin couldn’t see exactly what was happening out there because a thick mist obscured all, even the path ahead of him. With a shiver, he tugged at his damp leather jerkin and shrugged the sword higher on his shoulder. He cursed himself again for ever setting out on this quest, for not being satisfied with his hometown, for wanting more and for seeking out this King who supposedly knew each person’s past and each person’s …