A Poem for the Brain

Gray, wrinkled, three-pound thing, I clearly see

I cannot trap you with an EEG,

You nervy organ, you, skull cased and free,

A brazen challenge to psychiatry.

In the Process of Becoming

I remember that first time in school when Mrs. Dirksen, my first grade teacher, asked me what my name was. I knew that. And then she asked me what my ...

My Greatest Needs

There are three things in my life that I need most, but they never scream for immediate attention: God, family, and my mind.

The True Meaning of Lust

There is a story of two Buddhist monks walking in a drenching thunderstorm. They came to a stream, and it was swollen out of its banks. A beautiful young ...

The Sign of Secret Fear

A closed mind is a sign of hidden doubt.

Divine Divination

[Part] of the equipment we need for life in a secular setting is the ability to discern spirits. It takes advanced Christian training to learn to tell ...

The Lack of a Spiritual Center

The number one struggle of Christian leaders is a lack of personal internal organization--that is, a sense of the spiritual center.

Know-It-Alls

As the methods of science achieved greater and greater triumphs, both theoretical and practical, the old picture of how things are, the picture derived ...

Dangers of Imagination

A fertile spiritual imagination is just as good at growing weeds as a crop.

Out of Control

When my life is out of control, my mind is out of control.