I remember the first time I saw a dead person. I awakened to answer the phone and heard the voice of an older woman, a member of my small...

Ideas for reflection and discernment in the new year

What can be done when the darkness descends on our mood and doesn’t leave? It's important to understand depression so we can help.

The soil of our current life context may not be perfect. But our resilience can be beautiful to the Artist and the world!  

Have you seen the heat on a Our mind can do the same thing. These false ideas are called “cognitive disthighway create the mirage of water?

The way you feel today, and the illness that you might have next year, may depend on how you slept last night.

Have you attended a gender reveal party? It’s a gathering where the expectant Mom and Dad learn for themselves or tell the world the...

“And then what happened?” The question from a child is natural when the storyteller pauses. The tale isn’t finished, the action...

She came into my office and removed her sunglasses to reveal a swollen eye, purple with bruises. Her words seemed flat. “I need help. He...

The eye doctor spoke bluntly. After testing my vision, he turned to my fiancé and said, “Has he been driving without glasses?” The tone...

Everyone who reads the Signposts blog must be a wise, loving, growing, suave person. That statement is a crude example of what we know as...

In June, 1942, a hotel in New York city checked in a dozen men who had traveled from Florida on business. The nation was at war. The area...

Do you find it hard to “speak up?” I’ve always been more of an observer than an actor, more to a leave-it-alone rather than a...

When you encounter a decision point, where do you turn for help? I most often turn to research and reflection, making Pro/Con lists. I’ve...

During my teen years, the business my father owned included a dark, drafty, ancient warehouse. The end-of-the-year brought inventory time...

The TRACKS EXPRESS newsletter for 12/15/23 is filled with Christmas goodies. Check out helps for the holiday stress, a devotional on the...

When you encounter a decision point, where do you turn for help? In the book, God Is, Mallory Wyckoff shares her insight that we may...

If you are a parent, do you remember the day you brought your firstborn home from the hospital? My wife and I often joke about the day we...

My essay "Agents of Change" is featured this week by the Center for Open and Relational Theology! It was published in the book "Love Does...

The passage of Senate Bill 14 by the Texas legislature should bring shame to every Texan. I believe banning gender-affirming treatment...