Backpacking Is a Quintessential Christian Activity
‘Not everything in life is essential. If everything is essential, then nothing is essential.’
Jim Schroeder
Jim Schroeder, PhD, is the Vice President of the Department of Psychology and Wellness, and training director of the pre-doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Easterseals Rehabilitation Center in Evansville, Indiana. He resides there with his wife, Amy, and their eight children. He can be found and contacted through his website, where most of his articles and books can also be found: www.james-schroeder.com.
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Progress of a Different Kind
‘People, by and large,’ said eminent psychologist William James, ‘become what they think of themselves.’
A Labor Shortage of Online Proportions
Will we base our lives and economy on human needs, or on distractions?
Human Wholeness Is Found in Christian Holiness
“The human body shares in the dignity of the ‘image of God’ — it is a human body precisely because it is animated by a spiritual soul, and it is the whole human person that is intended to become, in the body of Christ, a temple of the Spirit.” (CCC 364)
We All Deserve to Know the Truth About Tech
The time has come to sound the alarm and tell the truth as it is, not as we wish it might be.
It Moves, Therefore It Is
“It is certain, and evident to our senses, that in the world some things are in motion. Now whatever is in motion is put in motion by another … and this everyone understands to be God.” —St. Thomas Aquinas
Eating Well Is One of the Best Earthly Gifts You Can Give Your Loved Ones
“Life and physical health are precious gifts entrusted to us by God. We must take reasonable care of them, taking into account the needs of others and the common good.” (CCC 2288)
The Pursuit of Holiness is the Pursuit of Wholeness — So What Are We Missing?
COMMENTARY: While the current issues in the news are important to the faithful, there are a thousand implicit Catholic realities that barely ever see the light of a newsletter or a homily.
