Gospel Fare
Systemic or Soul Change: What’s the Deepest Solution?
Depending on what we conclude about the essential problem facing society, we naturally arrive at very different answers and solutions.
Jacob Z. Hess
May 22, 2023
Depending on what we conclude about the essential problem facing society, we naturally arrive at very different answers and solutions.
Thoughtful people disagree on what exactly is the essential problem at the root of our societal woes—with some emphasizing the collective failure of certain groups and others highlighting the failings inside us all.
If you don’t direct your trust and love in one place, then you’re going to put it somewhere else.
The sin of certainty? It’s become popular to argue that a passionate conviction about God can be dangerous. But this overlooks the deep humility we can cultivate in a vibrant faith.
Compared to that activist down the street, do President Dallin Oaks and other faith leaders really love you? That probably depends on how you define “love.”
Some beginning of the year encouragement from a lively conversation with historian Patrick Mason.
What can we learn from people who find deeper and more lasting healing from depression? A whole lot, it turns out. Introducing an in-depth examination of themes across stories of sustainable healing from depression.
With a cultural war raging around us, perhaps it shouldn’t surprise us to see it leaking now and then into our congregations and classes. But that doesn’t make it any easier to know how to respond.
Some emergency preparation suggestions if access to psychiatric medication becomes limited or unavailable.
Stepping away from a community of faith hurts in both directions. Could a deeper recognition of that pain help draw our hearts together again?
Plenty of horrifying things in history have been justified as accomplishing “great good.” That’s true of the atrocities in Ukraine. And it’s also true of those tearing apart the faith of believers young and old.
I was shocked after reviewing research on cyberbullying and then witnessing others go through it. But it wasn’t until I experienced it myself that I appreciated what it does to you.