Most people are familiar with the drug experiments that use rats to demonstrate how addictive certain drugs are. Rats are hooked up to monitors and given the opportunity to choose regular water or water laced with drugs. In the experiments, rats choose the drugs, and this is used to show how addictive drugs are. In […]
Mark Brouwer is a pastor, writer, and workshop presenter. The focus of his work is to help people do the important work of their lives without getting sidetracked by overwhelm, burnout, or struggles with mental health (especially anxiety, depression, and addiction). Here’s what you’ll find on this site: About Me – Mark’s background, and topics […]
Sex is a great servant, but a terrible master. Sex can bring pleasure, express love, build intimacy, and create life. But out of control, it can bring pain, express contempt, destroy intimacy, and even kill. Like any natural appetite, when fed and directed, it brings satisfaction and joy. But when starved or overindulged, it brings […]
“Rise Above” is a short book with actionable strategies to help people deal with our uniquely challenging times. I’m making it available as a FREE download. Please enjoy this book share this with others! It’s available as a free .pdf download, or as a Kindle book for $0.99. Send this link to your friends — […]
“There is always the danger that those who think alike should gravitate together into ‘coteries’ where they will henceforth encounter opposition only in the emasculated form of rumor that the outsiders say thus and thus. The absent are easily refuted, complacent dogmatism thrives, and differences of opinion are embittered by group hostility. Each group hears […]