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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.
Relationships
What Beer Teaches Us About Each Other
It was a chilly February morning when I sat down with my cousin Bobby Mattingly, co-owner and operations manager of Moontown Brewing Company. During his high school years, Bobby would […]
Health • Relationships
Emotional, Justified, or Effective: What Will Our Choice Be?
Over two decades of cycling in all temperatures, weather (except ice/snow), and light conditions, while more than twice circumnavigating the globe (often 6 miles at a time), has taught me […]
Health
A Vision for Evansville: Prioritizing Health & Well-Being in the River City
Vision: The physical, psychological, and social health of our citizens should be the foremost priority of our community and its leaders. It is a key in the pursuit of happiness. […]
Articles
Imagine a City…
Imagine a city situated on the majestic curve of the second largest river in the United States—a place just over an hour from two national forests where the only coast […]
Mental Health • Relationships
Secrets Keep You Sick: A Conversation with My Dad on 45+ Years of Being an LCSW
The conversation we won’t have is the progress we won’t make. It was a chilly, fall Sunday afternoon. I was sitting in our family room, talking with my dad, Jim […]
Health • Technology
More Than Shuts the Eye
It takes up more than 25 years of an average lifespan. We can go more than three times as long without food than this. It is linked to, and even […]
Health • Mental Health • Relationships
To Control or Not To Control
It’s the most common psychological symptom in the world. Whether you are a 6-year-old boy or a 96-year-old great, great, grandmother, you experience it on a regular basis, even when […]
Health • Exercise • Nature
Walking Into Wonder
The world reveals itself to those who go on foot. – Werner Herzog 11,375 feet above sea level. We had just reached the top of Elizabeth Pass. Earlier that morning, […]
Relationships • Faith
Dear Emily
I’m not sure how to begin this letter other than I feel like I needed to say a few things. This past Saturday at our 30th high school class reunion, […]
Faith • Mental Health • Relationships
Changing the World From Within
I was headed east on I-64 into the rising sun for Zach’s cross country meet in Hanover. As I was scanning through radio stations, I came upon an interview that […]