Fight or Flight

4/14/15

Category: Devotionals

Fear stifles creativity and productivity. When we focus on our fears we unconsciously activate our sympathetic nervous system, which stimulates activities associated with the fight or flight response. This distress signal to our autonomic nervous system takes blood away from our extremities, including our brain, and rushes it to our vital organs. When this happens, our body overrides rational thought focusing on brute strength (fight) or escape (flight) for survival. Not only are we not able to think clearly in a state of fear, our minds succumb to a state of unrest. This restlessness makes it nearly impossible to think creatively inhibiting the productivity of a free flowing imagination. When we are at rest—a byproduct of a stimulated parasympathetic nervous system—we live as we were supposed to—as prosperous, creative, rational beings. In other words, we were meant to thrive, not merely survive.

“God Complex”

12/21/24

Category: Cinema, Devotionals, Gospel, JESUS, Morality, Philosophy, Psychology, Scripture, Suffering, Theology

When Josh Brolin gave Thanos a humanity, it sent shock waves not only into the Marvel Cinematic Universe but also into ours. That is, when personified evil is torn over killing half the world’s population but sees it as a necessity, his character becomes believable, which is terrifying to watch. After accomplishing what he thinks…

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From the Ashes We Rise

1/20/23

Category: Art, Beauty, Cinema, Devotionals, Family, Friendship, Gospel, JESUS, Literature, Morality, Music, Nature, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Polity, Prayers, Psychology, Science and Religion, Scripture, Service, Short Stories, Spiritual Formation, Suffering, Theology

Yes, My Friends, This multi-faceted, multi-challenging, multi-year project is finally complete. With 120 poems, 70 prose, and 10 short stories–that will simultaneously stretch and encourage you–From the Ashes We Rise is a literary force to be read and reckoned with. This book seamlessly weaves Arts and Apologetics all throughout its 556 pages. See why From…

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Assessing “Ego Manifestation Goals” (EMGs)

9/12/22

Category: Devotionals, Morality, Psychology, Scripture, Spiritual Formation, Suffering, Theology

The reason EMGs are so destructive, no matter how great the accomplishments, is because the person who is unaware of who she really is, sadly, is merely a shell of a person like an oyster that creates a pearl from an irritation inside itself. No matter how many layers of beautiful minerals that give it its shiny iridescence, it’s still a foreign object to itself at the core of itself. Perhaps Socrates was right: “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

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