Words Can Cut. And They Should.

I’m generally a pretty tactful, harmonious person. I don’t like conflict. I’d often rather avoid issues than letting them out into the open. To a degree, this is helpful. Agreeableness is a positive quality, and no one wants to be friends with the person who [...]

By |2025-04-28T12:13:20-04:00September 1st, 2017|Culture, Mental Health|

Difficulty Deepens Us

I’ve gone through some pretty difficult times lately. For those of you who don’t know (I haven’t gone too out of my way to tell everyone yet), I broke off an engagement a while back. Though the decision was a hard one, it has felt [...]

By |2025-04-28T12:11:07-04:00July 27th, 2017|Mental Health|

Why Jesus is the man

I honestly think Jesus was simply the man. Makes sense that I'm a Christian then, right? My thinking this is not arrogance. I think if we are honest with ourselves, we all believe our religious founder is superior (or that they are all overrated if [...]

By |2019-08-27T21:13:59-04:00June 1st, 2017|Religion & Spirituality|

Four Ways to Get Good Stress

The principle of getting good stress is true, I think, in all the different arenas of life. If you understand these key areas you can at least get started in pursuing healthy degrees of challenge in your life to keep you sharp and strong. Physical [...]

By |2025-04-28T12:11:46-04:00March 23rd, 2017|Mental Health|

The Good Stress of Purpose

Healthy stress grows our character, strengthens our minds and bodies, and humbles us. But how do we get that healthy stress in our climate-controlled lives? Pressure and Purpose Purpose naturally puts pressure on us. It directs and guides us. It moves or draws us towards [...]

By |2025-04-28T12:12:16-04:00March 16th, 2017|Mental Health|

The Necessity of Good Stress

We are more connected than ever before, yet loneliness is at an all-time high. In developed nations, life is more streamlined and convenient than ever... yet mental health concerns are ever on the rise. I've also noticed an increased sensitivity to stressors on a cultural [...]

By |2025-04-28T12:12:42-04:00February 23rd, 2017|Mental Health|

Trump, Free Speech and a Conversation

Bigot! Nazi! White supremacist! ... Really? They are becoming baseless (and now, unfortunately, trivialized) terms thrown around in the wake of Donald Trump's election (even about Canadian PM Justin Trudeau by Black Lives Matter Canada’s founder). No conversation, no kindness. And, seemingly more and more [...]

By |2020-09-21T20:49:47-04:00February 16th, 2017|Culture|

Evil and the Cross of Christ

Original Post: Wednesday, 19 June 2013   After discussing evil and suffering for a few posts, I think I've done a half decent job at dealing with the overarching themes and discussions pertaining to evil and the existence of God. At the same time, I do [...]

By |2016-10-20T21:43:00-04:00October 20th, 2016|Religion & Spirituality|

Dealing with Evil Emotionally

If we’re being honest with ourselves, the problem of evil is not merely a logical problem; there is something very emotional about the idea of God allowing evil into this world.  Even if we can see logically no incompatibility between the existence of God with [...]

By |2021-05-02T14:45:55-04:00October 20th, 2016|Religion & Spirituality|
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