by Stephen Holmes | Aug 17, 2015 | Opinion
My family spent two weeks at Le Pas Opton (LPO), a Christian holiday camp in France. We were there because I was speaking one week; I don’t suppose we would have thought to book an explicitly Christian holiday otherwise. A few days before we went, I found myself...
by Mark Tidsworth | Aug 17, 2015 | Opinion
What we believe about ourselves, consciously and unconsciously, directly determines much of what happens in our lives. As the Mayo Clinic explains, “Self-esteem is your overall opinion of yourself – how you feel about your abilities and limitations. When...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 14, 2015 | Opinion
In her work on the surprising power of vulnerability, Brene Brown identified shame as a primary source of our resistance to the risk of wholehearted openness, the kind of emotional and spiritual openness, which can bring us deeper joy and energize greater...
by Molly T. Marshall | Aug 14, 2015 | Opinion
I have taken notice of the subtle shifts in environment since I was last in the mountains of northern New Mexico during a recent weeklong Sabbath observance. Some may say that five years is much too short a time to measure; I was last here in 2010. True, but perhaps I...
by Elizabeth Evans Hagan | Aug 14, 2015 | Opinion
“You should really try Twitter, Elizabeth. It’s a good networking tool for the church.” Such were the words from a communications professional friend. In 2008, they fell on my deaf ears. My distant impression of Twitter was a bunch of people saying,...
by Julie Ball | Aug 13, 2015 | Opinion
In Disney-Pixar’s latest release, “Inside Out,” the main characters are Joy, Anger, Disgust, Fear and Sadness, the personified emotions of an 11-year-old girl named Riley. The majority of the story takes place inside Riley’s head, as we see her...
