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These articles comprise over ten years worth of writing from Dr. James Schroeder, with the most recent listed first. If you are looking for a specific article or perspective on a particular topic we advise utilizing the Search bar. You may also filter articles by Category using the menu above the articles.
Exercise • Health
Why I Hate Exercise (and Working Out)
By now, almost all of us in this country are aware of the health crisis that exists. Obesity even in the youngest has skyrocketed in the past few decades. Type […]
Relationships
Crossing Lines: Men and Women in Conversation
No matter how dissatisfied people are with the results they are getting, they rarely question their way of trying to get results. When what we are doing is not working, […]
Exercise • Health • Mental Health • Nature • Relationships
Feeling Warm Inside When It’s Cold Outside
As summer gives way to fall, and the colder climate moves in, many people find that their mood shifts with the season, and not for the better. Recently, I was […]
Exercise • Family • Health • Nature • Parenting
On the Trail With My Kids: Book Excerpt
The following is an excerpt from the book On the Trail With My Kids: From the Ohio River to the Mighty Mississippi. Further information, including the synopsis, can be found […]
Mental Health
Holding the Breath of Life
For most anyone who has ever flown commercially, you probably have experienced a particular phenomenon, as well expressed recently by a friend of mine as we were described trips that […]
Faith • Mental Health • Relationships
The Anxiety Dilemma: An Integrated Perspective to One of the Most Powerful Forces in the World
We begin with the foundation of Christianity, as noted in Matthew 22: 37-40. Jesus declared, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and […]
Faith
Mechanical Works of Mercy
I was back at the Oasis, and it felt like anything but a haven in the desert. I had just left Great Sand Dunes National Park, where the kids were […]
Health
The Slow Leak of Our Lives
We were sitting on the side of the road, just off I-70, and it was starting to feel like 2021 all over again. We had just completed our Colorado tour, […]
Exercise • Health • Nature
Two Centuries In One – From the St. Louis Arch to Downtown Evansville
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith – 2 Timothy 4:7 As I entered the darkness that morning with Andrew, and […]
Parenting • Technology
The Tide is Turning: Don’t Wait to Be Part of the Tech Countermovement
For well over a decade, you have heard me voice serious concerns about mobile devices in the hands of our youth. It has been clear that the risks have far […]