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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 • Faith
Embracing the Four Dimensions of Our Being
I awoke to a flickering light. As I sat up, I thought for a moment I had left my head lamp on. But as I listened to the varied sounds […]
Community • Health • Parenting
Reconsidering Youth Sports: What Happens When the Lights Go Off?
“Sports don’t build character. They reveal it.” – John Wooden It is 8:15 at night. The leaves have just started changing as winter approaches. Austin is standing in right field, […]
Health • Parenting
There’s More to Sleep Than Shuts the Eye
Part I: Waking Up to All that Sleep Does Every day for most people, something mysterious begins to take shape that still defies scientists in these times. Although the primary […]
Relationships
Financial Stress: Auditing Our Money Woes
The American Psychological Association (APA) recently released its annual Stress in America survey for 2015. For the 9th straight year (since the survey began), financial issues were reported as the […]
Faith • Health • Mental Health
The Insidious Role of Pride in Our Own Psychological Downfall
“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” – Proverbs 16:18 It was the fall of 2004. I was in my last year of formal training as […]
Faith • Health
Turning Faith and Works Inside Out: A Psychologist’s Perspective
For centuries, one of the biggest debates in Christianity has revolved around the topic of faith and works as they apply to our eternal salvation. Many have cited seemingly contradictory […]
Faith • Family • Parenting
The Double Helix of Faith and Family
Over sixty years ago, in a small laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, Harry Harlow devised a series of groundbreaking and controversial studies. Using infant macaque monkeys, Harlow was interested in examining […]
Mental Health • Relationships • Technology
Addressing the Mental Health Crisis: What Really Matters
Watch Dr. Schroeder’s presentation of “Addressing the Mental Health Crisis” Evidence increasingly suggests that psychological difficulties are on the rise. The Global Disease Burden Study, published in August of 2013, declared […]
Parenting
Rethinking What We Say to Our Kids
I Just Want You to Be Happy: No, We Want Much, Much More for You In the 1950’s, a group of psychologists began promulgating ideas related to the pursuit of […]
Parenting
The Namby Pamby Effect: Are Our Kids Growing Up Soft and Confused?
When Jacob was four years old, he earned his first, shiny trophy, courtesy of participation in a nearby t-ball league. As he grew older, trophies, plaques, and medals for participation […]