The road to hell is paved with good intentions and tread most often by enablers. Here's why love that enables often destroys lives. Fans of TLC’s My 600 Pound Life might know, in graphic detail, how ...

When I was younger, a story about my favorite cousin, a beautiful young woman who had married a man with an alcohol and gambling problem, worked its way through the family grapevine. He took her ...

Offering support to a struggling loved one in a helpful way requires healthy boundaries. It’s natural to want to help the people you care about as they face struggles like substance misuse or mental ...

When I was younger, a story about my favorite cousin, a beautiful young woman who had married a man with an alcohol and gambling problem, worked its way through the family grapevine. He took her ...

“Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, communion without confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the ...

Enabling bad behavior is an honest criticism directed at some homeless activists. These activists, doing actual, productive outreach, like protest, feeding, empowering and networking, rarely, if ever, ...

Dear Amy: In a previous column, “Disappointed” relayed a strange statement that her (married male) friend and neighbor made about wanting to “kiss her face” all over when the pandemic ended. It ...