Welcome to the Next Right STEPS blog with useful articles to change your life one step at a time. Your goal for following this online journal should be nothing less than developing a more satisfying and effective lifestyle. The principles and techniques that will be featured in these articles have
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Listen to the podcast version Watch a 1-minute summary video This article is about helping your kids handle the challenges they will face, especially in the teen years. In the United States, more than half of families have someone struggling with substance abuse or mental health issues, so the
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You can find more peace, joy, and purpose in your life as you travel along a personal journey of spiritual growth.
Did you ever feel you were at a fork in the road, and that the path you chose might change your life, perhaps forever?
What kind of poker player are you? And when the cards are right, are you willing to go “all in?”
There was a time years ago when the Dark Ages of my life were so transformed I felt compelled to write about it. It was a book about living life better one step at a time.
I don’t fully understand why life is the way it is. And I don’t know the reasons God chooses to let so many bad things happen to people. When it comes down to it, I just want to have peace in my life, and I want my family and friends to find peace too.
Talking about the “practicality of spirituality” may sound at first like an oxymoron. Practicality deals with facts rather than ideas, and spirituality is about the unseen aspects of faith. Right?
If you don’t want to think about God, that’s your choice, but you may find it harder to do than you anticipate.
I didn’t spend a lot of time thinking about God for much of my life.
St. Peter’s Square was packed with hundreds of thousands of people, all there for one reason. My wife and I waited expectantly, and soon a murmur began to spread through the crowd. Then, there he was!
What I write about—like this article—comes from research, study, and personal experience. It’s mostly about life and how we can go about living it better. But to do that, we need to know what we’re working with, and it’s not all good.
