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A letter from the heart: “To this day, there are times I feel lost, almost like a spectator to my life”

On January 22, 2012, in Love & Relationships, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

(Editor’s note: The following was submitted by David, a reader of our website from Texas. In 1952, in the sleepy little town of Bethany, Illinois, a family lost their father, husband and son on his twenty-second birthday. David, the adult son, wrote this “Happy Birthday” letter to his father last year.) Last night I couldn’t [...]

Love is a journey many people avoid for fear of getting hurt

On April 17, 2010, in Love & Relationships, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

True love can be very hard to find. Many times in our lives we will feel we have discovered it, yet we still feel a void deep down in our soul.

In finding this thing called ” true love,” I feel we sometimes search so hard we loose what is important with what we need ourselves. Some people are totally obsessed with the search for false euphoria that at times they often deny the existence within themselves that require their love and attention…

Lying in a relationship is one way to avoid acknowledging we are flawed

On March 3, 2010, in Love & Relationships, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

Lying is always a form of control.

Some people are pathological liars, having learned that they get a rush from manipulating others with lies. But most people lie when they are afraid of the consequences of telling the truth.

Lying may be one end of a relationship system, with anger and judgment on the other end…

Love can't flourish under false pretenses or by affection dangled like a carrot

On January 28, 2010, in Love & Relationships, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

In our pursuit of perfect, blissful union, it’s tempting to want to tweak a couple of things to speed the process along. A trip to the salon to change your mousy brown hair to a deep, sensual red is nice. A new wardrobe that makes you feel saucy? Great idea…a new pair of boobs and liposuction-attention of that Abercrombie model wannabe? Not so much. There is never a good reason to change the essence of what YOU are to fit the requirements of someone else…

BE YOURSELF: Love can’t flourish under false pretenses or by affection dangled like a carrot

On January 4, 2010, in Love & Relationships, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

In our pursuit of perfect, blissful union, it’s tempting to want to tweak a couple of things to speed the process along. A trip to the salon to change your mousy brown hair to a deep, sensual red is nice. A new wardrobe that makes you feel saucy? Great idea…a new pair of boobs and [...]

OUR TIME HAS COME: Muslim communities, friends of Islam gather for Jummah prayer on Capitol Hill

On September 27, 2009, in Faith & Spiritual, Featured, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

Preaching peace, love and diversity, thousands of American Muslims and friends of Islam gathered on Friday, September 25th in Washington, D.C. for a day of prayer and fellowship known as “Islam on Capitol Hill.” Readings of the Quran and prayers were broadcast throughout the world during a live video stream of the Jummah prayer event. Organizers had anticipated as many as 50,000 worshipers traveling by bus from…

Behind closed doors

On August 6, 2009, in A Different View, Love & Relationships, by Jennie, Contributor

It seems like every other day there is a story in the news concerning people in abusive relationships. One common thread that can be found in these stories is the abused person having been abused for quite some time. Often the abused will continue to return to the abuser time and time again.