Hal Green, Ph.D

How Others Treat You

People sometimes wonder why others treat them the way they do. Truth is, how we treat ourselves indirectly tells others how to treat us. Permission and prohibition stem from the nonverbal statements we make about whether and how we value ourselves. We instruct others in how to love us by how we love ourselves. Dr. […]

Persons Matter more than Principles

Persons matter more than principles. Principles are important, of course, and persons cannot long violate your principles and remain in relationship with you. But if you have to choose between persons or principles, listen to your heart as well as your head. Don’t sacrifice a greater value for a lesser one. Nothing has a greater […]

Where are the Saints?

Christianity has to be seen to be believed. Who have been your Christian models? Where are the saints? They are the “Christ-bearers,” the ones who if you should meet them, you are secretly also meeting Jesus Christ. Jesus said, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). That also goes for the saints. […]

God and Self-Love

Should you love yourself for God’s sake, as well as your own? Here is a poetic meditation I wrote, which addresses God about “Self-Love”: I will love myself for Your sake, Because You have shown me love, And Your love must never be in vain. If I did not accept Your love, Welcome as an […]

Was Jesus Christ Resurrected?

I have a question for you, on this Easter morning: do you believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as depicted in the New Testament? And I have a second question, built on the first: what is at stake for your life, now and in what is to come, on the basis of whether you […]