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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 • 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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Faith • Mental Health • Relationships

The Anxiety Dilemma: An Integrated Perspective to One of the Most Powerful Forces in the World

We begin with the foundation of Christianity, as noted in Matthew 22: 37-40. Jesus declared, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and […]

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Faith

Mechanical Works of Mercy

I was back at the Oasis, and it felt like anything but a haven in the desert.  I had just left Great Sand Dunes National Park, where the kids were […]

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Health

The Slow Leak of Our Lives

We were sitting on the side of the road, just off I-70, and it was starting to feel like 2021 all over again.  We had just completed our Colorado tour, […]

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Exercise • Health • Nature

Two Centuries In One – From the St. Louis Arch to Downtown Evansville

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith – 2 Timothy 4:7 As I entered the darkness that morning with Andrew, and […]

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Parenting • Technology

The Tide is Turning:  Don’t Wait to Be Part of the Tech Countermovement

For well over a decade, you have heard me voice serious concerns about mobile devices in the hands of our youth. It has been clear that the risks have far […]

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Health

The Universal Principle of FID – Better Understanding Ourselves and Each Other

I recently spoke with a woman whose husband was diagnosed with cancer years ago, who had recently gone into remission.  As we were talking, she relayed that despite the good […]

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Faith • Family

Four Generations of Service

On Earth as in Heaven, Right here in my heart I held her worn, yet wiry hand.  Minutes earlier, her great-granddaughter Emma had been crowned the May Day queen.  Although […]

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