I think I have Anger on the brain. I know I have an anger problem, so last year I went through a small course from the Daily Stoic called Taming Your Temper and it really did help dull the edge of my anger. Then I wrote what I wrote on Sunday about Angry Voices, and …
Category: Armchair Philosophy
Entries where I explore things from a higher perspective and try to apply wisdom from the past to the current day.
Uncle Josh Struggles with Reading Paul
I got to read in Church today from Paul’s letter to the Philippians 3:4b-14. My congregation is one that struggles with Paul. Paul is too easily dismissed. Paul who wrote “women should be silent in church” or “it is better to stay single than be married” is easy to hate, especially in the modern age …
Uncle Josh Tries to Find that Advent Spirit
Maybe it’s the head cold I’m fighting. Maybe it’s the seasonal depression. Maybe it’s the damned world. Maybe I’m just too tired. Christmas isn’t happening for me. I’m being selfish and struggling to get out of my own head. I am turning to desperate measures to try to get me out of this rainy-day funk. …