Most of us don’t like getting old. Our culture has privileged youth to such an absurd degree it is common to hear about people getting all sorts of surgical interventions not to make them healthier but to make them look younger. We are told it is impolite to ask someone’s age, as if continuing to […]
Stress Leave 5 – Well, that was different
I didn’t preach last Sunday and I won’t be preaching for at least the rest of the Sundays in August. Last Sunday was by no means the first Sunday where I was not preaching. It wasn’t even the first Sunday where I wasn’t preaching to either or both Knox and St. Mark’s Presbyterian churches. I […]
No separation anxiety here
Separation anxiety: a form of anxiety experienced by a young child and caused by separation from a significant nurturant figure and typically a parent or from familiar surroundings¹ The dictionary definition above specifically references “a young child” but I am certain adults can also suffer from separation anxiety. I think homesickness might be a form […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 154
- Next Page »