Tonight, a “friend” of mine on Facebook provided a thoughtful post that I appreciated for its candidness. In preparation of the pruning of her friends list, she at least warned people that she was pulling in and trying to regain some focus in her life, and that some connections would be lopped this evening....
Read more →As an armchair psychologist, I am always pretty interested in how to better understand people. I came across a pretty good list today of a number of counseling-related books that I’ve either heard good things about or read, so I thought I would also share it here. Many of these resources are from a...
Read more →It is timely for me that I picked up Steven Pressfield’s book “Turning Pro” recently, and cracked it open this weekend. A quick read, the book totally spoke to me about where I have been of late. In it, Pressfield readdresses some concepts he introduced in “The War of Art,” about work and getting...
Read more →It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written anything, and frankly, I know there have been things to write, but I’ve either been too busy or the topics seem to big to get into a post. Time has flown by, as well. I often get home in the evenings, and once I am there,...
Read more →It may be a stretch, but I think the best scripture passage I have heard that is probably most helpful for the addict is the story of Jesus with the Samaritan Woman, found in John 4:1-26. I became aware of this when I heard my cousin Jeremy Pummel preach a sermon from this passage...
Read more →