Archives
Category Archive
for: ‘Psychology’

Killer List of Hope

I’ll be the first to admit that Christians have a bad reputation, in general.  At least that’s been my experience.  And if you don’t believe me, here’s Shane Claiborne’s open-letter apology to non-believers in Esquire. And yet I’ll offer some hope below, in a (positive) killer list from Lauren Winner (about what she believes people […]

Read More

Why It Matters

“Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is no new road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over […]

Read More

Alcohol’s Not the Only Thing That Can Sink You

Well.  I needed this book.  Or the tears streaming from my eyes said I did. And before you say, “But Elissa, why?  You’re not an alcoholic, and you live a pretty good life,” I’m gonna hold my hand up right there, in front of your face, and retort, “But everyone’s got a hell in their […]

Read More

Relax, Laugh, Grow

I received the most splendid invitation in the mail the other day.  I was so astounded, so touched, that I sat there looking at it for a good half hour.  Joy and expectation welled up in me, and well, I don’t know, I thought if I could bottle up how I was feeling right then, […]

Read More

The Coen Brothers’ Latest

We saw A Serious Man last night.  As we were exiting the theater, Dan said, “I saw you look at your watch halfway through.  What’d you think?” Yep.  Looking at my watch is my personal kiss-of-death.  It means I’m wondering how much longer I have to suffer. Let’s see.  Where to start? A woman in […]

Read More