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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.
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]