One topic we, as Christians, don’t seem to talk enough about is mental health. I’d like to change that. To start the conversation, here are four encouraging points to offer those who are struggling with mental health. Maybe it’s you. Maybe you have a friend who struggles. Whichever group you’re in, remembering these points couldContinue reading “We Don’t Talk About Mental Health”
Category Archives: Health
Parenting and Depression
I remember googling this exact title about five years ago during a season I felt the weight of my feelings crashing in on me. I was mothering a 5, 3, and 1-year-old and had just started homeschooling my oldest. I think back to how I struggled that first year homeschooling and really wondered why!?. NowContinue reading “Parenting and Depression”
Don’t Make Yourself Old
It may sound like an odd comment, but while talking with my son-in-law Ryan recently, I said to him, “Do whatever you can not to get old.” Ryan turns 50 in October and I turned 68 in March, so I understand that neither of us are kids anymore. And of course, I recognize that everyContinue reading “Don’t Make Yourself Old”
Our Cultural Myopia
The question to ask is how we have each responded to signals—especially when the censors and the scoffers form so loud a chorus and a cordon around us. What do such signals mean? Are they only a will-o’-the- wisp, leading honest seekers astray into the darkness and the bogs of illusion? Are they only aContinue reading “Our Cultural Myopia”
Transanity
(Contains mature subject matter) Militant transgenderism kills – literally. People have died because of this insanity, and many more have been injured for life. And it brings about death in so many other ways. The very notion of womanhood is dying. Childhood is dying. Biology is dying. Truth is dying. Freedom of speech is dying.Continue reading “Transanity”
The War on Masculinity
If there is any word used to describe masculinity in our day, any adjective commonly used to modify it, it is almost invariably “toxic.” We hear almost nothing of positive masculinity or healthy masculinity. But we hear endlessly of its toxicity. It would not be wrong to conclude that society really has no vision forContinue reading “The War on Masculinity”
Overstimulated Souls
Every movie these days feels like a trip back to my 1980s childhood. Air took me back to my Chicago Bulls fandom and the Jordan sneakers that defined my boyhood. The Super Mario Bros. Movie had me smiling with glee because it triggered memories of Nintendo worlds I explored 30-some-odd years ago. And even thoughContinue reading “Overstimulated Souls”
Getting Out of Bed Is More than You Think
In 2 Corinthians 1:8, Paul confesses that at one point he suffered so much affliction that he “despaired of life itself,” which is a remarkable statement—and not the kind of declaration you would expect from one of the greatest apostles of Christ. But despairing of life is a surprisingly common sentiment in Scripture. The prophetContinue reading “Getting Out of Bed Is More than You Think”
A Surgeon on Heaven
During my surgical training, I helped care for an aging professor who bemoaned his declining health. His mind still moved in academic circles, pondering the high points of chemistry and physics, but arthritis had so fused the bones in his neck that he couldn’t nestle into a pillow anymore. Cancer riddled his chest, and squanderedContinue reading “A Surgeon on Heaven”
When Your Child Is Addicted to Video Games
We were on the road, driving our oldest son home from his freshman year in college, when the moment of clarity hit. “Mom, I’ve been in bed for the past week,” Adam said. “I didn’t leave my dorm room. I didn’t finish my classes. That video game did something to me.” I’ll never forget theContinue reading “When Your Child Is Addicted to Video Games”
Intentional Faith 