In the United States, land of the self-help bible and the group-encounter television show, repression and denial are close to cardinal sins.
Dr. Buxton, who has a doctorate in education, wrote the self-help bible on the subject, "The Other Side of the Closet: The Coming-Out Crisis for Straight Spouses and Families" (John Wiley & Sons, 1991).
Putting the canon aside, for the last few years I've had a self-help bible of sorts: a book that seeks to explain why, in the face of the dedicated assault on the values, people and places we love by forces indifferent to that fact, our immediate reaction is not always to put up a fight, but to curl into a ball and retreat.
Parini excels with his most unconventional selection: "How to Win Friends and Influence People". The author discovered Dale Carnegie's self-help bible as a lonely 14-year-old at a huge junior high school in Scranton, Pa.
As the meetings continue, ask for volunteers to help select Bible passages, keep track of the members' prayers in a notebook, or simply help set up and clean up.
Eventually he used that science to help those Bible-believing Americans put humans on the moon.
Indeed, @WBCSays tweeted out another April Fools' Day post on Monday, in addition to its usual helping of Bible verse quotations, messages of intolerance and links to press coverage.
And heaven help the Lad Bible follower who makes a factual error about video games, wrestling or the military.
In addition, at least two companies from out of state have volunteered to help, including the Bible Factory Outlet, which is based in Albertville, Ala., and has stores from Lancaster, Pa., to San Antonio.
With the help of their Bible study friends, they jumped the car and made it back to the Holloway Motel.
I knew Mom was about to launch onto her favorite topic (besides Sex): how examples of Sin in the Bible help us all "better understand Fran's Many Weaknesses".
