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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.

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, […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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Family • Health • Mental Health • Parenting • Relationships

The Better Part of Annoying

For what seems like the tenth time tonight, I can hear Kate laughing and being goofy in the front room, clearly not on a straight line to brush her teeth.  […]

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Articles • Relationships

Nearly a Century of Perspective

Jo Phelps in front of her grandparent’s home in Hazleton, where she lived as a young girl during the Great Depression It was a bright, breezy early summer day.  I […]

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Exercise • Faith • Health • Nature

The Power of Will

A frequent dilemma that we all struggle with to some degree is that our intentions don’t lead to actions, for both important and trivial matters.  Either we get started and […]

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Family • Mental Health • Parenting • Relationships

Believing What I Don’t Feel

The other day I was at a retreat for parents whose children were getting ready to receive First Communion.  As part of a parent engagement session, a conversation was sparked […]

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Relationships • Technology

What the Masters Teaches Us About Our Devices…and Ourselves

For countless golf fans worldwide, this past Sunday served as a riveting, climactic capstone to one of the most well-documented sports careers.  For eleven years, Rory McIlroy has tried and […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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