These are articles I’ve written for various websites.
Christianity Today:
medium.com:
- What Followers Should Expect from Spiritual Leaders | by Mark Brouwer | Medium
- The Path of Discernment: Knowing What God Wants you to Do
- Do you Have a Spiritual Teacher? Do You Need One?
- The Path of Discernment — Knowing What God Wants You to Do
- While Everyone is Distracted by Social Media, Successful People Double Down on These Key Skills
- Exposing Three Marriage Myths
- The Power of Your Personal Environment
- Everybody wants to leave their mark … here’s what gets in the way
- Why is everybody so depressed? … and what can we do about it?
- Why we Need YOU to Have More Solitude and Quiet
- God is at work … you don’t have to do everything
- Time in personal retreat is not a luxury, it is essential
- Five core spiritual practices that will change your life
- Insights from Thomas Kelly 1: Experiencing God in the Busyness of Life
- Insights from Thomas Kelly 2: Staying Spiritually Connected Throughout the Day
- Contemplation, silence, and meditation are Christian practices, and are the need of the hour
- What mysticism is, and why we need it so badly in the church today
- The Atlantic cites research: people don’t have any less free time than they used to
- The way we approach crime, punishment, and prison is terrible
- Facing the epidemic of suicide
lastingleaders.com:
- ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT IN SPIRITUAL CIRCLES — part 1
- ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT IN SPIRITUAL CIRCLES — part 2
- EVERYBODY WANTS TO LEAVE THEIR MARK — WHAT GETS IN THE WAY?
- SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP: WHAT IT IS AND WHY WE NEED IT
- WHY WE NEED YOU TO HAVE MORE SOLITUDE AND QUIET
- ON THE DANGER OF PEDESTALS – PART 1
- ON THE DANGER OF PEDESTALS – PART 2
- DOES GOD WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING YOU HATE DOING?
- THOMAS MERTON ON LOVING OTHERS: LOVING CHRIST IN THEM
- WHAT ABOUT PASTORS IN RECOVERY?
- WAYNE TEASDALE ON HOW SPIRITUALITY MAKES US COUNTER-CULTURAL
- THE BIBLE IS A MENU, NOT THE FOOD ITSELF
- OVERCOMING OVERWHELM IN MINISTRY
- GREAT ADVICE FOR PARENTS OF TEENS EXPERIMENTING WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
- IS IT TIME TO REMODEL HOW WE’RE LIVING?
- THE WORK OF SPIRITUAL CARE: What it is and why it’s hard
- FACING THE EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDE
- WORKING WITH OUR NATURAL RHYTHMS INSTEAD OF AGAINST THEM
- WHAT LEADERS CAN LEARN FROM DIANA NYAD
- BULLYING – ON THE PLAYGROUND AND IN THE PEW
- THE SOCIOLOGY OF FRIENDSHIP, GROUPS, AND CHURCH SIZE
- MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE CHURCH: MAKING SENSE OF WHY SOME PEOPLE AND SITUATIONS ARE SO PERPLEXING
- LEAD … BUT REMEMBER THAT THE WORLD DOESN’T REVOLVE AROUND YOU
- OVERCOMING CODEPENDENCE BY ‘LIVING IN TRUTH’
- OVERCOMING EMOTIONAL HURT: IF YOU STRUGGLE TO FORGIVE, TRY COMPASSION
- DEALING WITH FEELINGS OF INNER EMPTINESS
- FIGHTING FATIGUE IN LEADERSHIP
- GUARDING AGAINST EMOTIONAL AFFAIRS
- NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THAT LONELINESS MAY BE CONTAGIOUS
- FACING OUR LOVE / HATE EXPERIENCE WITH GOD
- HOW TO CREATE A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
- HOW VULNERABLE SHOULD LEADERS BE?
- HOW TO TAKE BACK YOUR POWER IN RELATIONSHIPS – SET DEADLINES
- WHAT LEADERS MUST DO IF THEY WANT TO LAST
- DEALING WITH DEPRESSION
- CHURCH LEADERS AT RISK
- LEADERS ON THE EDGE OF BREAKDOWN: STATISTICS
sexualsanity.com — articles about recovery
- Your Brain Doesn’t Care About Your Happiness
- Recovery Requires you to Think Differently … Which is Harder Than You Think
- Recovery Requires Unlearning — Not Just Learning
- Sexual Abuse, Harrassment, and Addiction – Part 1
- Sexual Abuse, Harrassment, and Addiction – Part 2
- Your brain is NOT like a computer … which is great news for people who need healing from trauma
- Helping someone who is an addict
- Great Advice for Parents of Teens Experimenting with Drugs and Alcohol
MISC:
- How to Stop Losing Friends Over Politics: Six things to do, starting now
- Here’s Why I No Longer Write or Interact on Social Media
- Loneliness: The Pandemic Inside the Pandemic
- A Sense of Perspective: The One Thing You Cannot Afford to Lose
- We need support now more than ever … and it’s getting harder to find
- Meditation and Contemplation for Christians
- 3 Things I’ve Learned in 34 Years of Marriage
- Lament in a Time of Rage and Despair
- Report on Teaching in Thailand
- Dealing with Doubts and Anger Towards God
- Six Keys To Controlling Your Thoughts
- Why is Everybody so Anxious and Depressed?
- While Everyone is Distracted by Social Media, Successful People Double Down on These Key Skills