One More Good Reason to Go to Church: All Those Annoying People
A lot has been said in recent years about the waning appeal of formally organized religion and its gatherings in our culture. We are nowhere near a nation of heathens, but an increasing percentage of...
View ArticleNeed Voting Guidance? Try “Love Your Neighbor”
If you’re like me, you’re appalled at what the 2016 election season has revealed–not just about the state of our political system, but about who we have become. And when I say “we,” I mean this fairly...
View ArticleA Prayer for People Living with Mental Illness
This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week in the United States. This is important because mental illness is one of those things people don’t know that much about unless they need to–either because...
View ArticleLet’s Choose Love in Fearful Times
Remember the color-coded terror threat alert system implemented by the Department of Homeland Security after September 11? Each color represented a different threat level; the greater the threat, the...
View ArticleA Good Time for Selah
Last Thursday, two days after Election Day, I made a visit to my doctor’s office. In the elevator I said hi to a woman who had joined me for the ride. She was pushing a stroller, and inside was a...
View ArticleFort Lauderdale, the Law, and Love
I recently wrote an article for the blog at Evangelicals for Social Action, and while I typically don’t post partial articles here, I wanted to do it this time because the topic is timely and the...
View ArticleThe Good News about New Brain Disorders
So do you ever wonder if our fast-paced, hyper-connected, screen-loving, image-flooded society is taking a toll on us? It sure is, and not just in the most obvious ways like increasing stress,...
View ArticleCan We Gain the Whole World Wide Web without Losing Our Souls?
A few years ago, we learned the people of Sweden were the “best” in the world at using the Internet. At least, that was the claim of a five-year study conducted by the World Wide Web Foundation. What...
View ArticleStressed-Out Young People Need to Hear Your Stories
A few years ago, a study revealed the youngest generations of adults in America are also the most stressed. In one sense, this is no big surprise, given the economic and social factors influencing...
View ArticleRemember, Mental Illness Doesn’t Tell the Full Story
In the history of this world, no one has told more lies than the father of lies himself. But mental illness plays a close second. Earlier this week, Irish singer Sinead O’Connor posted a video on...
View ArticleBe Careful: Power Tends to Corrupt…Our Faith
Several years ago, my family and I spent a weekend visiting friends in North Central Indiana. Although this part of the country is home to lots of regular Indiana folks, it’s one of the places known as...
View ArticleMariah Carey Beat Stigma. You Can Too.
This week, singing star Mariah Carey made an announcement that was a long time in the making: back in 2001, she was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder. She has recently made the decision to treat it...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Mental Illness, Watch Your Language
As a writer, an editor, and an advocate for people affected by mental illness, a few years back, I was deeply encouraged to learn of a new entry in the Associated Press Stylebook, offering guidelines...
View ArticleWe’re Still Not the Center of the Universe
I recently revisited an old post on this blog, and I was struck by how relevant still is and how helpful it might be to post it again (you can read the original here, if you’d like). Surrounded as we...
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