“I'm not doing very well in high school, and I want to drop out. My parents are against this, but I have a friend I can move in with and he says he'll help me get a job. How can I persuade my parents to let me do this? It's not like I'm going to run away or anything.”
“I've had a lot of problems pile up over the last few months, but my cousin keeps telling me just to have faith that everything will work out, and it will. I suppose she's right, but how can I have that kind of faith when everything is going wrong?”
“I think I would like to be a real Christian but I'm not sure I could keep it up. I have a hard enough time staying out of trouble now, and a friend of mine says the devil will get after me even harder if I give my life to Jesus. Is that true?”
“My wife left me about a year ago, and at first it felt kind of good to be free of her and finished with all the fighting. But now I really miss our children (who are almost in their teens now), and I wish I could undo the damage I know I've done to them. I admit I wasn't a very good father, but is there any way I can go back and make things right?”
“I know you won't agree, but I believe every generation needs to make up its own mind what is wrong and what is right. After all, there are lots of things that people used to think were wrong that are widely accepted today.”
“I can understand why God lets bad things happen to people who are evil, but why do bad things sometimes happen to good people? I'd like to believe God cares about us, but this is a real problem for me.”
“I'm convinced that I have committed the unforgivable sin. I'm too ashamed to even tell you what I've done, but I know there is no way God could ever forgive me. I thought I could get by with it, but I was wrong. The only reason I'm writing is to warn others not to do what I did.”
“Last year, a friend of mine committed suicide after a long battle with mental illness. I feel so guilty, because I should have seen the signs of what was happening and tried to help him but I didn’t. Can I ever put these feelings behind me?”
“You’ve always struck me as a person with a very positive outlook on life. Is this true? There seems to be so much pessimism in the world today, and I think we need to be more optimistic and positive.”
“I grew up in a churchgoing home, but to be honest I’ve thrown all that out the window now that I’m on my own. Maybe I’ll turn to God when I get older, but right now I’m too busy having fun. What would you say to someone like me?”
“Do you think children can understand anything about God? My husband and I are discussing whether or not to send our children to Sunday school. He thinks it would be a good thing but I think they're too young to understand anything about God. What's your opinion?”
“My boyfriend admits he has a problem with alcohol sometimes, but he says if we get married he'll stop drinking. I think we really love each other, but I can't help but worry about this. Do you think he means what he says?”