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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.
Parenting
So the Tree Said: The Lost Art of Play
Near the top of our yard sits a mature, white dogwood tree. Over the past year, it slowly has become the proverbial water cooler for our young children. Many days […]
Exercise • Faith • Parenting
Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign
“You guys think you are missing the signs?” Our beloved family physician had just examined a recent bike injury on our oldest son, and echoed a sentiment that we had […]
Parenting
Seven Soulful Sights and Sounds of Parenting
It was an overcast, early winter day. I looked out our back window. My kids and their cousin were dragging tree limbs and various objects across the driveway. Despite the […]
Exercise • Relationships
Run, Run, Everywhere We Run
They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Over 2,700 years ago, when the prophet Isaiah spoke […]
Faith
Resurrected As the Word Lives On
Nothing that has not died will be resurrected. C.S. Lewis The alarm goes off. The dark night has given way to another day, and although I am reluctant to get […]
Mental Health
Phobic Reality: Fear Beyond Reason
“Do not be afraid.” For millions of people, this simple statement is much easier said than done. Their lives are dominated by a fear of encountering a specific object, circumstance, […]
Faith
Opportunities in My Anxiety
The other day, I prepared myself to step up to the lectern for a couple of readings at a Mass during a retreat. I could feel my heart thumping. After […]
Community • Relationships
Not a Conservative, Not a Liberal—A Human Being
A few weeks ago, I picked up a paper at a hotel on my way back from a backpacking trip near Seattle. An article title caught my eye, which read […]
Faith • Family
NFP Transparency
I admit. I had started to settle in. It had been over 2.5 years since our youngest was born—our 6th in 7.5 years. I actually started seeing the end of […]
Technology
More Sex. More Violence. Good by Me?
Recently the Journal of Pediatrics published a study entitled Parental Desensitization to Violence and Sex in Movies. The authors took 1,000 U.S. parents and showed them multiple pairs of clips […]