All of My Thoughts and Articles
Find the Dialectic and Stick With It
Life is complicated, isn’t it? We want to do one thing, but we find ourselves doing another. A certain argument about life or God makes sense to us for a time, but then there is ...
The 9 P’s of the Enneagram
Sometimes it is tough for people new to the Enneagram to remember what all the numbers mean. Someone might say they are a Type 4, and you scratch your head, trying to remember. The other ...
Take Your Own Advice
It’s easy to give advice to others about how they should live their lives. It’s harder to take your own advice. Take a Break This happened to me the other day. I had written a ...
What is Self-Compassion?
Awhile back, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with psychologist Kristin Neff, who is an expert on self-compassion. I had read a little bit about self-compassion, but I was excited to get ...
The Tension with Evangelism and Advocacy
When I was in college, I was part of a religious group that was really into evangelism, or telling people about Jesus. We would try to strike up conversations with people we didn’t know, with ...
Anything Important Takes Time
It’s been about three weeks with a new baby, and it has been quite the experience. Like all newborns, she mostly sleeps, eats, and poops. Let me clarify… She mostly sleeps during the day 🙂 ...
Make Friends with the Wind
One of my favorite authors, Byron Katie, was once known as the woman who made friends with the wind. Love What Is Katie’s main emphasis in her writings is to learn to “love what is.” ...
Religion as Emotional Intensifier
We did some research awhile back on sanctification. Sanctification is what happens when a person gives something in their life sacred significance and meaning. We looked at forgiveness, and found that individuals who sanctified the ...
Cognitive Fusion in the Bible
When I read the Bible, I am amazed at the wisdom in the teachings of Jesus. I can learn a lot about how to live by putting his teachings into practice, and also by modeling ...
