Category: Temptation

  • Emotional Distraction: Why We Project Past Feelings on to Present Moments

    Emotional Distraction: Why We Project Past Feelings on to Present Moments

    Did you know that we, as individuals, families, communities, societies and cultures can be addicted to emotional states? Yes. We can be. And many of us are whether we are consciously aware of it or not. What’s more, we use each other for our fixes. And once we get the sensation that we’re looking for,…

  • Mind’s Best Friend

    Mind’s Best Friend

    I believe that if you look deeply enough, you will find that almost every industry is ultimately in the distraction and manipulation business.  I’m not saying this with any judgment. I’m just making an observation. If you disagree, I invite you to simply consider how the internet is set up so that once you log…

  • Christ Is In the Crisis With Us

    Einstein said, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them”.  However, most of the time we try to do that very thing.  When I talk to people about my thoughts on Christ, it is generally from the point of view that Christ is an open invitation and access to better thinking about…