Why Vocation Beats “Work-Life Balance”
Vocation reminds us that work is not the opposite of life; rather it is one of the deepest ways we answer God’s call to become fully human and to participate in his care and renewal of the world.
‘Everyday Wisdom,’ Episode 1: How to Deal with Melancholy and Anxiety
In our first episode of Everyday Wisdom, Wyatt Graham and Steve Bray talk about how to deal with melancholy and anxiety. The Everyday Wisdom show aims to accomplish its namesake. It aims to help Christians think through everyday wisdom. Make sure to subscribe to the TGC Canada podcast to hear this bi-monthly show.
Is It a Sin to Be Anxious during COVID-19?
Martin Luther said famously: “Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair”[1]. Apparently, the quotation originally referred to the lusts of the flesh, but it could equally apply to the matter of anxiety. Anxiety, on one level, is simply a physiological response to changes in one’s natural environment. It is part of the “fight or flight” mechanism that prepares us to respond to threats to our survival and has no moral quality in and of itself in...
The Hymn-writer William Cowper Stills My Anxious Soul
Two nights ago, I broke out with hives unexpectedly. I examined my diet, asking myself: “What did I have for dinner?” Nothing new or unusual. It was after a shower. No new products. “Where did this come from and why?” Puzzled, I’m still not sure. Like the unexplainable hives, COVID-19 is puzzling, leaving most of us wondering where this came from. Sure. We know where; we know why; we know how; we know all the symptoms, yet we’re still in the unknown. And, this awakens in the soul eternal realities. Often, we’re too distracted to hear or discern the whisper...
God in Your Panic Attack
My first panic attack happened when I was sixteen years old. I was an unbeliever visiting a Christian youth meeting, where songs by the Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana were performed to draw kids in. I won’t praise the method, but the technique got me through the door. Despite his casual approach the preacher that night breached the wall of my highly-fortified personal pet-sin. His words confronted the untouched parts of my life. Being unable to stand the pressure, I rushed to the bathroom and had my first full-on, breath-sucking panic attack. A history of panic attacks On another occasion, I...
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