Purpose in Life: The Importance of Aims & Ideals
What is the meaning of your life? What is it that gets you out of bed in the morning and gives your life purpose? Is there an ultimate reason, one that rises high above all the rest and justifies or defends the multitude of things you plunge yourself into each day and gives these other […]
Depression: What we can learn from St. Paul
“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair… “ – Paul Many Americans struggle with depression. Statistics show that depression affects more than 16 million people in a given year, and almost 10% of doctor office visits are due to depression. In the US, suicide is the […]
Growing Pains
“And having no root in themselves they endure but for a time. But when trouble comes they quickly fall away” – Jesus Scripture reminds us repeatedly and sternly that we are not to lose heart due to the troubling events in our lives, as they are not fully what they may seem; whether the exodus […]
Relationships: What They Need to Survive
Good relationships can be thought of as a unity of mind and will. There exists a harmony among the members in both the ideas and goals pursued. This harmony is for the benefit of all involved as each gets to feed from the good that the relationship will come to […]
Fear – Understanding & Combating
Fear – A Shrinking Back Fear can be a constant nagging, agitating, and even crippling feeling that affects many people. Sometimes we experience it as worry, and at other times it manifests as anxiety. It can disguise itself as something that is important to focus on, or a matter that needs immediate attention; or […]