“HOW?!” Powell answers — Having a friend who provides the needed atmosphere for free emotional communication is an invaluable help to vision therapy and personal growth. — You’re worth the effort, and even/especially the cost, of time with a trained…

Since Day took over the program from Urban Meyer in 2019, the Buckeyes have an .863 winning percentage, second-best in the country behind Southeastern Conference powerhouse Georgia. They have reached the College Football Playoff in four of Day’s six seasons…

After a bit more from Fr. John Powell, you may well be going, “That’s a lot of heavy stuff. Some of it I wanna ignore, Joe.” But here he is again being helpful — After discharging painful emotions, verbally or…

He and I were at his parents’ house. On a road trip just the two of us took. About a week later he died of a heart attack. Today’s his birthday. I miss him more than ever.

“Got any more Powell-isms?” Try this on for size — The God I know would say to the person striving to earn or be worthy of his love: “You have it backwards. You are trying to change so that you…

RACHEL FEINTZEIG spent 11 years obsessed with work, and says she’s picked up a tip or two as she wrote about careers and leadership. “Here’s the best of what I’ve learned,” she wrote by way of introduction to list of…

1. Trying to do it all.2. Establishing the Wrong Role for the Pastor’s Family3. Providing a Second Rate Worship Experience4. Settling for Low-Quality in Children’s Ministry5. Promoting Talent Over Integrity6. Clinging to a Bad Location7. Copying Another Successful Church8. Favoring…

“Joe, what’s so special about that book by that priest, Powell?” Stuff like this — God is forever loving you. You do not have to change, grow, or be good in order to be loved. Rather you are loved so…

Merciful God, You sent Your messengers, the prophets, to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation. Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may celebrate aright the commemoration of the nativity, and…

Fr. John Powell wrote many outstanding books, and one that was a literal life-saver for me had this title —Fully Human, Fully Alive — Couple that title with “I’ve forgiven myself for not being Beethoven” and “God’s greatest glory is…