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“Do Not Be Afraid … You Are My Dearest Friends”*

Toxic Fear is perhaps life’s greatest hostage-taker. One psychiatrist calls it a “disease of the imagination.” Fear and disabling Worry can start off like a tiny seed and, watered by thoughts that emphasize worst-case scenarios, grow into a virus-like fiend that ends up dominating our mental state. It then holds us back from our ability to enjoy nearly every dimension of our life: our talents, our work, our love, our play, and our approach to a life in the Spirit.

This website is dedicated to three major Defense Systems that can be effective in helping us overcome the insidious nature of fear, as well as other mental health demons like depression. It will also focus on how we can better live out our lives free of those persistent foragers that roam throughout the corners of our minds… relentlessly haunting us.

Those three Defense Systems are: Spirituality, Psychology and Addiction. All three of these provide newly developed means of delving into the root causes of fear and depression and other mental health disorders, and assisting people in finding improved pathways to freedom, joy, and peace.

“Do not be afraid” – a phrase found 365 times in Sacred Scripture!

*Luke 12:32; translation found in The Bible in Contemporary Language, Eugene H. Peterson

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Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself?

Dec 14, 2023

On March 4, 1933, at his first inauguration, President Franklin Roosevelt gave a much-anticipated speech that was broadcast by radio nationwide. Tens of millions of Americans heard it, according...

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Is Religion Exempt from Change?

Nov 30, 2023

A few years ago, a friend bought me a six pack of a drink called, “Not Your Father’s Root Beer.” The brand had that name, presumably, because this root...

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Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Nov 25, 2023

Helen Keller, the woman born blind, once said:“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” I think Jesus would agree with her. Take today’s Gospel reading as...

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Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Nov 25, 2023

 “Thus says the Lord: ‘You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt … If ever you wrong them...

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Does Religion Fuel Hate?

Nov 23, 2023

Several weeks ago, I saw a bumper sticker that announced, “I 💗hate.” Was this a joke? Does someone think this is funny? Or, worse, does someone want to announce...

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Relevance as a Choice

Nov 19, 2023

Let’s say someone wanted you to read a book about truth. “Geez, you might say. That’s a broad, nebulous subject. Could you give me a little more information?” But...

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The Devil You Know

Nov 09, 2023

It has been 50 years since the movie, The Exorcist, made a big splash, bringing exorcism, and spirituality, back to the public’s consciousness. According to Wikipedia, “The story follows...

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Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Nov 04, 2023

“The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” Mt. 23:12 “I believe the root of all...