Monthly Archives: August 2019

Our Most Common Struggle: Proverbs and Perseverance

Posted on August 23, 2019 by admin

 Is perseverance our most common struggle? To test that out, let’s look at our most common proverbs. It’s like looking at a nation’s laws to get a handle on what its most common crimes are. In the US, laws against … Continue reading →

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To Have a Child and Other Transformations: Falling in Love

Posted on August 16, 2019 by admin

Several years ago, a Wall Street Journal article (the link is here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-it-possible-to-reason-about-having-a-child-1378507807) explained how it’s impossible to make a rational decision about whether to have a child. Allison Gopnik, a mother herself, contrasted the decision to have a child with … Continue reading →

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No Pit So Deep: Jesus’ Descent into Our Pain

Posted on August 9, 2019 by admin

“There is no pit so deep that He is not deeper.” These are the words of Corrie ten Boom’s sister, Betsie, in the former’s autobiography, The Hiding Place. Betsie is dying from the horrible conditions of the Ravensbruck concentration camp, where … Continue reading →

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From Neurotic to Transformative Suffering: Getting Off of the Rollercoaster

Posted on August 2, 2019 by admin

Freud’s brilliant but troubled disciple, Carl Jung, discussed the journey from neurotic to transformative suffering. (Just a caution: Jung’s elaborate psychological system is riddled with problems from a Christian point of view. For example, he insisted that Satan and evil … Continue reading →

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