2023

This post is part 6 in a 7 part series of reflections as I turn 25 years old. I’m convinced that to be human is to struggle and to struggle with God. This series serves to honor the difficult questions. I don’t know if everyone has questions their mind continually turns over while they walk theContinue reading “Right and Left Brain”

This post is part 7 in a 7 part series of reflections as I turn 25 years old. I’m convinced that to be human is to struggle and to struggle with God. This series serves to honor the difficult questions. I don’t know if everyone has questions their mind continually turns over while they walk theContinue reading “The Third Commandment”

“He (a young child) may express much concern about the welfare of another and genuinely do all he can for that other. But, as anyone knows who has had experience of being ministered to by a young child, the results were not always welcome. Where a child fails is not in his lack of willContinue reading “Further Thoughts on Heaven & Hell”

etiology – the study of causation or origination This paper was written as coursework for GCU’s CNL-527: Principles of Psychopharmacology Etiology of Addiction This paper will explore the etiology of addiction and provide insight into different models which explain addiction development. The interplay between nature and nurture which often presents as genetics vs. environment is noteworthy inContinue reading “The Etiology of Addiction”

Once upon a time this site was used to post pictures of what was happening in my life and the places I was visiting. Today it is again – here are a bunch of photos of Aleisha and I. Phoenix is a long way from our hometown. So when we go back, we get toContinue reading “We Bought a Home”

This is a condensed version of a piece I wrote one year ago yesterday. It was the conclusion of the 28 comic strips I posted in February of 2022 called “Fundamentals” which can be read here. (1.) Women must be allowed to worship in freedom Women are gifted by God (and who would say otherwise?!)Continue reading “5 Calls for the Church”

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a real distaste for people who are arrogant and overly self-confident, or whom I perceive that way. It’s partly because I dislike and fear bullies and partly because most of my life I’ve felt quite the opposite: self-doubt, insecurity, a bit shy and afraid of lookingContinue reading ““Big Egos””

Ava Li has joined us on the earth. I’m sitting here in a cream colored chair, and she is sleeping in a baby rocker to my left, and Teddy is sleeping on the floor left of her, and Aleisha is eating a salad on the couch across the room. Ava Li, this is the account,Continue reading “Ava Li”

This is an attempt to ponder what might be happening from a psychological perspective when a very theologically oriented event takes place.

*the use of the cover art for this piece was generously permitted by John Kennedy: www jedika.com A Funny Scene There’s a funny scene I imagine sometimes in which I get to the afterlife and meet God after a life on earth. And God tells me, “Sorry pal, you were wrong. I’m actually not quiteContinue reading “Deconstruction of Small Gods”

Introduction One night, near the end of our class time, the professor had a pastor speak to us about bereavement and end of life care. After she signed off, the class discussed the roles of mental health counselors in conjunctions with and opposed to pastors in providing care. My classmate remarked that the church isContinue reading “The Pastor & the Psychotherapist”

On this Christmas evening, I am reflecting a bit on the church. Anyone who’s read much of anything I’ve written may now sigh at the inevitable forthcoming gloom, surly observations, vexation etc. But no! It is Christmas, and this is more cheerful. My last article was about the roles and nature of the pastor andContinue reading “The Gifts of My Childhood Church”