Dangerous mindsets are patterns of thought that become our defaults in an unhealthy way. They can look like one-way streets. But another dangerous mindset involves threats and shadows. Threats and Shadows Some of us, either from experience or because of how we’re wired, see everything around us in terms of threats and shadows. By that,...
Tag: fear
5 Things I Learned This Summer
So here’s what I learned this summer, in five quick notes: I can do hard things. I’ve already talked about all the house and yard stuff we did this summer, so I won’t rehash it here. But in all the projects and scheduling and details, I learned that I really can do hard things....
Anxiety
I think we all have that one thing that haunts us – a habit, a sin, a something that seems to undo us just by showing up in our day. Mine is anxiety. I’ve struggled with anxiety for years. Decades, even. For most of my life, it’s hovered in the shadows until, without warning,...
A Hard Christmas, Part 2
I didn’t really write my last post intending to write a whole series. But this morning, I was reading about the shepherds in Luke 2, and I noticed something. The Christmas story is full of … fear. Luke 1:12 – An angel appeared in the temple to Zechariah: “When Zechariah saw him, he was...