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“I have doubts. Does that mean I don’t have faith?” I’ve been asked this dozens of times.

How you manage your emotions has more of an impact on your marriage, raising kids, and doing well at work than just about anything else. In his book, Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman demonstrates how a person’s ability to manage his or her emotions has more influence on their success in life than IQ.

It seemed like an impossible distance. I was 19 years old, walking along Texas State Highway 69 just outside of Tyler, Texas. I put my thumb out, hoping to get a ride to Alvin, Texas, about 230 miles away. I didn’t think I’d ever get there. But after 30 hours of hitchhiking and walking, I made it, exhausted, and fell asleep on the lawn of a church.

If you are new to The Bridge, you may be wondering what kind of church we are. And if you are new to the church world, you might be wondering what a church is for.

I don’t have any tattoos. I often tell people that I have a conviction against them, because I have a conviction against unnecessary pain! And yet, sometimes, I choose pain. I did at the dentist a month or so ago. I chose short-term pain in order to avoid long-term tooth loss. Every time I workout, I choose pain. You know the saying, “No pain, no gain.” It’s painful to have tough conversations, but it’s usually best to have them anyway.

Chemo patients and their families complained to no avail. A hospital in Canada gave permission to a local funeral home to post advertisements on the doors leading into the cancer center. Imagine how it felt for them, going in for treatment, to see a funeral home flyer. Upsetting to say the least. And poor taste on the part of both the funeral home and the hospital. It wasn’t until a family member of a patient posted it on social media, causing major backlash, that the hospita

I saw an automobile sneak through a red light at the end of a yellow at the same time that a bike blew through the red without slowing. The bike was going straight and the car was turning left, and they collided. The car was barely moving and, fortunately, the woman on the bike was not hurt…but she was mad! She jumped up and ripped her helmet off, and with bike in tow, ran after the car and screamed at the driver.

A 19-year-old driver successfully avoided running over a squirrel. Whew! But there are consequences to avoiding things. Instead of hitting the squirrel, she drove into the living room of a cottage that bordered the street.

Did you hear about the “wrong address” house construction fiasco in Hawaii? Annaleine Reynolds, a Big Island property owner, purchased an empty lot several years ago. Later, a local developer who owned an adjacent property hired a contractor to build a family home. But before breaking ground, neither the contractor nor the developer surveyed the property — and they built the house on the wrong lot. Reynolds learned the home was on her land when a real estate broker called her

I have not been very good at investing financially for the future. Linda and I are now playing catch-up for the day when we’ll be too old to work for our income. But neither of us regret it.

James Kane and Barbie Agostini have an interesting hobby they enjoy doing together. They throw a strong magnet, attached to a rope, into local New York ponds to see what they come up with. Last month, they received more than they were prepared for. Their magnet attached to something that was so big and heavy they could barely move it. They eventually pulled a locked safe out of Corona Park pond, and, after opening it, discovered over $100,000 inside.

Last weekend after Family Camp, Linda and I went with Nicole and our granddaughters to a place a few miles from The Woods, called Pioneer Village. It was a step back in time.