In Part I, we introduced the idea of wounded masculinity, and how all men have some level of injury, and many men have significant wounds that need to be healed. A big part of healing the masculine soul (apologies to Gordon Dalbey) is seeing the...
Most men today arrive in adulthood with injured masculinity. We are victims of bad or absent fathering, or abuse by other males. Rather than displaying the characteristics of mature manhood, we display the absence of masculinity in passivity, indecision, effeminacy, and moral weakness, or the...
I have been harping on this for years, that yoga is one of my favorite spiritual disciplines (despite its Hindu origins). Now Christianity Today seems to give yoga the OK, years too late, but better late than never. Also at CT, see Yoga: An Exercise...
I’ve had it with my conservative fellows who insist on tightly linking abortion with right-to-die issues. Sure they are related. NO, they are not synonymous, nor must the decision to allow the right-to-die be instricately linked to abortion rights. Let us instead try to separately...
CT has a nice collection of essays on the issues around this case, including: While I Was Sleeping – Why my husband finally refused to end my life during my two-month coma. Life with Dignity – Let’s not be too eager to pull the plug...
There are so many issues that the Schiavo case has unearthed, I wanted to summarize them the best I could, and rant a little too. Enjoy 1. Individual Right to Refuse Treatment Does an individual have the right to refuse treatment? We all agree on...
Part 1 – Treating Physical Causes of Depression Part 2 – TREATING EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL CAUSES OF DEPRESSION Secondly, you should explore the EMOTIONAL and SPIRITUAL roots of your depression. This can be done in many ways. The first, of course, is to see a...
The first approach one should take to treating depression is that of treating physical causes. By addressing these, you can elminate them as causes and move on to emotional and spiritual issues. How are your diet and your sleep? You need to improve these first...
