Paul Tripp reflects on his own season of chronic illness, a situation that has left him with ongoing physical challenges. The greatest challenge though, is not physical, it is spiritual. You never come to your suffering empty-handed. You always drag a bag full of experiences, expectations, assumptions, perspectives, desires, intentions, and decisions into your suffering. …
A brief primer on the effects stress has on your body. Something to look forward to next week. Next week.
Mike Cosper attempts to write a sensitive and nuanced reflection on depression and suicide, prompted by the death of chef and food/travel documentary make Anthony Bourdain. This is what’s monstrous about depression. It is not simply a bad day or even a bad few months. It is a haunting presence, a grayness that covers all …
It was a year ago (53 weeks, actually) that a visit to the doctor resulted in me making some lifestyle changes. Things have lasted for longer than a week, but I live with the lingering fear that relaxing will see me backslide to where I was before, which I know is not a reasonable fear, …
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