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William Styron on Depression

​William Styron, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, was struck with depression in 1985. Five years later, at age 65,…

Why You Should Use Your Imagination When You Pray

I prayed for you today. I probably don’t know you, but as I started writing this blog post…

Why You Should Stop Trying to Be So Productive

Excerpted from The Radical Pursuit of Rest: Escaping the Productivity Trap by John Koessler As I write this,…

Why You Should Make New Friends as an Adult

While I had many friends growing up, one stood out. His name was Philip and his nickname was…

Why Worry When You Can Pray?

Do you struggle with worry? Many people battle it on a daily basis. Worry means “to torment oneself…

Why Water Is So Calming

As children, my sister and I always noticed our mom getting a contented, faraway look as she gazed…

Why Time Begins on Opening Day

That is the temporal title of one of my favorite books on baseball, by Thomas Boswell the distinguished…

Why This Former Pathologist Is Going to Seminary

For two decades, I worked as what I call an accountant of America’s opioid crisis. From 1997 to…

Why the Alcoholics Anonymous Co-Founder’s Wife Founded Al-Anon

Bill & Lois Wilson, Copyright Stepping Stones Foundation. Property of the archive of Stepping Stones–Historic Home of Bill…

Why Silence Is Good for Our Brains

The sounds of silence are more appealing to some than others. Silence can be a safety zone, a…

Why Seeking Forgiveness Is So Important

Earnest Hemingway’s story “The Capital of the World,” is about a father and his teenage son, Paco, and…

Why Resting Is an Act of Holiness

Not only has technology extended our workday into the late hours of the night and over weekends and…

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