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In the past few days, I’ve been delighted to discover a recent study by one of my old favorite researchers—someone I’ve quoted often... read more

It’s been a while since I talked about Dr. Dan Gilbert’s research and the often confusing role our imagination plays in our happiness.... read more

One of my old favorite books is Triumphs of Experience, by Dr. George Vaillant. This is one of many books written about the Harvard Grant... read more

One of the greatest blessings of the wrong beliefs that so often cause problems for us is that they are nearly always irrational. If they... read more

Welcome back to the blog everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Today we're talking about love, the eternal subject, but from a... read more

Let me ask you a philosophical question: does free will exist? Are we really free agents, able to make meaningful choices through our own... read more

By now, you all know what a fan I am of the apostle Paul. The book of Romans—and especially Romans 7 literally saved my life, and it... read more

It’s one of the great personality-gauging questions of our day, isn’t it? You may think there’s a right and wrong answer, or you may... read more

It’s very easy to grow restless. In times of pain, this happens quickly, and for seemingly obvious reasons. When your career isn’t... read more

We could probably do a whole series of blog posts on the meaning of common scriptural terms that many of you—like me—grew up hearing... read more

Today’s topic is going to be a bit off-putting to a lot of people. It’s an uncomfortable thing to talk about outside of church for a... read more

This last week has been very special for me. My youngest son, George, got married last Friday—it was a big beautiful outdoor wedding with... read more