Life Is Boring When Sober – or is it? The monks of old called it the noon-day devil.  Boredom.  It’s simultaneously breathtaking and soul-crushing.  It’s breathtaking because as a society we have so many resources that overwhelmingly meet our basic needs, that most of us … Read More

Embracing Imperfection & The Predictability Of Values It’s time to face the music, people are ridiculously predictable. It’s our nature. As the old adage rightfully declares, “human beings are creatures of habit.”  It rains and we mumble and grumble in our artificial caves. The sun … Read More

Acceptance Is The Answer To All My Problems Today… Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict. In the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, a certain story has touched the lives of millions – it’s titled, Acceptance Is The Answer. Millions? A bit overkill you think? Nope. It’s a hop, … Read More

How To Surrender To God? Drop Your Addiction, Pick Up Your Recovery Addiction is not something you can just fight head-on and win, that isn’t how it works. For example: if you’re standing on train tracks and a mile long Burlington Northern coal liner is … Read More

What Is A Devotional? Where To Begin? Whenever I reflect on the concept of devotionals I cannot help but think of the Chronicles by C.S. Lewis – specifically The Silver Chair. In this incredible novel, Jill asks Aslan (the Divine figure) how she is to … Read More

Christians And Addiction – The Basics Two Hearts: Orphan Vs. Sonship In his later years, Saint Augustine became rather enamored with love being rightly ordered. By this ordering, he was referring to putting God – the highest Love – first. Similar in substance to the … Read More

Stages Of Spiritual Development (The Cheat Sheet) How To Argue With Purpose Those who disagree are often the source of tension, turmoil, and total civil unrest. Like gadflies they just annoy everyone within close proximity, arguing with no purpose, no rhyme, and no rational counter-argument. … Read More

The Meaning Of Humility If you’re anything like me you assumed humility meant humiliation.  As if humility is just a forced feeding of humble pie when one gets a little too puffed up; too arrogant and full of themselves. Someone or something has to bring … Read More

Who Was M. Scott Peck & What Is The Road Less Traveled? “M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist (born May 22, 1936, New York, N.Y.—died Sept. 25, 2005, Warren, Conn.), wrote the best-selling book The Road Less Traveled (1978), which was credited with revolutionizing the self-help genre. Self-help books had … Read More

Who Is C.G. Jung? “Carl Jung, in full Carl Gustav Jung, (born July 26, 1875, Kesswil, Switzerland—died June 6, 1961, Küsnacht), Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who founded analytic psychology, in some aspects a response to Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis. Jung proposed and developed the concepts of the extraverted and the … Read More

Who Is Epictetus? “A Greek philosopher of 1st and early 2nd centuries C.E., and an exponent of Stoic ethics notable for the consistency and power of his ethical thought and for effective methods of teaching. Epictetus’s chief concerns are with integrity, self-management, and personal freedom, which he … Read More