Why Bother to Connect the Dots? My young son loves doing dot-to-dots. He started with the very simply ones that form an outline of a figure or object and has recently graduated to the more complex puzzles in which lines cross to make intricate patterns, revealing in the end detailed images. Connecting the dots in …
Did you know that thinking can get you in trouble when you’re tempted? Here’s why. Resisting temptation is easy, we’re sometimes told, if we just think about it the right way. A married man, for instance, when meeting a beautiful, “tempting” woman needs to remember he’s married…like Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story repeating the …
In a new study, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that antidepressant use has increased 400% in the past 30 years, making it the most commonly used medication among adults aged 18-44. In the study spanning three years, 11% of Americans over the age of 12 used antidepressant medications. More than that, many …
Therapy and faith – including Christianity – are not always blended well in the counseling room. One reason is that the statistics show counseling to be one of the fields with the least professed faith. Second, even when the therapist claims a religious tradition, many counselor training programs don’t include any preparation for integrating psychology …
Spirituality and the Body, an article from Conversations Journal, highlights the link between the body and the spiritual life. The article costs $1.99, but is worth the price.