We live in a time when everything feels upside down. Changes to our society are happening so quickly that it feels like there is no stable platform anymore. Instead of standing on firm ground, with a purpose, we feel like we are standing on a bed of quicksand, with no clear path to safety. This feeling leads to anxiety, which is an all-too-common affliction these days. Nowadays, it seems that there are competing theories about how to live at [...]

Practically everyone is talking about the senseless violence in Las Vegas. There is a lot of talk. Not much in the way of solutions. People feel powerless. Even worse, anger and frustration produce debate. Do you ever feel like you are hearing the exact same words after each new tragedy? Does it feel like nothing is changing, nothing productive is being done? An answer exists, and it is very simple and non-controversial! Stand down from violence. Do not accept [...]

Is something tearing at you on the inside, a brick wall of a problem that seems impossible to climb? There are three ways to deal with such a wall. You can try to avoid it, at least for a while. You can slam into it, only to be knocked down painfully again. Like me. Until I learned to look up, see the rope and grab the knot. When a wall keeps reappearing, you know it’s time to do something [...]

People nowadays feel adrift and lost. For many, the world is changing too fast and life feels dangerous and hopeless. There used to be what I am calling “anchors” in our lives. Relatives and friends in a small town could be counted on when times were tough. Churches knit communities together. Perhaps there was even a community center where old friends would congregate and plan projects to help others. A long-term marriage/relationship was a solid anchor for many people. [...]