Shame
There’s something most of us fear more than death. Something we avoid at all costs. Something that makes our very souls shake: Shame. PICTURE: K Mitch Hodge/Unsplash Shame induces trauma in us. Those dark places we don’t want anyone to know about. Failure, divorce, abuse, addiction. How can we show our face again? How can […]
Sight-Seeing: In Advent, we hope and wait. Climate change doesn’t lend itself to either
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE – in an article first published on Religion News Service – writes that Advent is supposed to be a time of anticipation and hope, but the threat of global warming brings me anxiety and fear…
Cave of wonders
Joseph Campbell became quite famous for his analysis of the hero’s journey and its influence on films like Star Wars and The Lion King. PICTURE: Samuel Roy/Unsplash One of the ideas he suggests is part of our shared humanity is this: “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” What a profound […]
This Life: Will you say ‘Yes’ to the Lord?
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, writes about what it means to take a leap of faith (and overcome the fear of doing so)…
Sight-Seeing: Fear won’t win the coronavirus fight
In an article first published by Religion News Service, RICK MCDANIEL, founder and senior pastor of Richmond Community Church in Virginia and the author of ‘You Got Style’, explains why we must fight fear during the COVID-19 pandemic…
Essay: Fearing courageously in the face of COVID-19
In an article first published on Religion News Service, WARREN KINGDOM, a psychiatrist and theologian at Duke University and co-director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School, writes about the idea of “healthy fear” and its relationship to love…
ESSAY: HOW WE RESPOND TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS MAY DEPEND ON WHAT WE WANT FROM RELIGION
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JAMIE D ATEN, founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, looks at what research shows about the role of religion in reactions to crises like the Ebola outbreak or Syrian refugee crisis…
THIS LIFE: DON’T LET FEAR DOMINATE
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, looks at why prayer is the answer when we’re facinhg “life’s storms”…
THIS LIFE: HOW TO LET GO OF YOUR FEAR
CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, writes about how she found new adventures in her life when she put her trust in God…
ESSAY: WORRIED ABOUT AI TAKING OVER THE WORLD? YOU MAY BE MAKING SOME RATHER UNSCIENTIFIC ASSUMPTIONS
In an article first published on The Conversation, ELENI VASILAKI, professor of computational neuroscience at the University of Sheffield in the UK, addresses some key concerns about the future of artificial intelligence…