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Where do you head?

Uni students, having found their freedom, either head to the books, or the bar. PICTURE: Alejandro Luengo/Unsplash When there are no restraints, where do you head? To the bar, casino, opium den, only fans. I head to the buffet! Where we head reveals something about where we are at existentially. Perhaps we have more constructive habits […]

Sight-Seeing: Should white Christians celebrate Juneteenth?

Hundreds of people attend at Juneteenth celebration at Brooklyn Public Library at the Grand Army Plaza

CHUCK MINGO, founder of Courageous Love and a teaching pastor at Crossroads Church in Ohio, says yes, and that, like any celebration, it’s better with friends…

Owning your problems

Businesswoman pointing at something on black background, closeup.

I’ve worked with a number of people who had issues – they couldn’t hold a job, or a relationship. No-one would let them lead. PICTURE: Liudmila Chernetska/iStockphoto And when asked, it was always someone else’s fault. Four jobs in 12 months? Denial! It’s psychology 101 – until you’re willing to own your problems, you can’t fix them. […]

Freedom – and anxiety

Most of us champion freedom – it’s something we value above most things. But we don’t see the relationship between freedom and anxiety. Anxiety is something we all avoid! With freedom comes responsibility – and anxiety, as Paul Clark learned when he became a camp coordinator. PICTURE: Kevin Erdvig/Unsplash Freedom means becoming responsible. If I am […]

Freedom (with responsibility)

I read something about freedom recently that I can’t believe I previously missed. PICTURE: Jonas Jaeken/Unsplash Most of the time we imagine, or declare, that freedom is an escape from responsibility. Isn’t that what we want? “I want to be free! Free to do what I want, free from responsibility.” But in a huge irony […]

Four givens

Crowds of people walking across a busy crosswalk at the intersection of 23rd Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan New York City NYC

Renowned psychiatrist Irvin Yolem talks about the four givens of human existence: isolation, meaninglessness, freedom and mortality. PICTURE: deberarr/iStockphoto At our core, we all battle with our feelings of being alone, of wanting autonomy, the desire for meaning, and the reality of death. These are the existential challenges that drive our anxiety, and we either ignore […]

The journey

Many great stories place the main character on a journey of discovery. PICTURE: Khamkéo Vilaysing/Unsplash. They have to discover a truth that will change them. But first there is the lie they already believe that is holding them back. How will they discover the truth? Will they reject the lie? Really powerful stuff. But I’m talking about your story. […]