On Location at Whitney’s Farewell: What reporting on location at Whitney Houston’s semi-private, gospel-filled funeral taught me about spiritual battles, grace, and celebrity. Marriage Is for Black People, Too: Ralph Richards Banks’ book ‘Is Marriage for White People?’ made him… Read More
Posted on February 19, 2012 by cascheller
Art, Bioethics, Books, Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Democracy, Education, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, History, Journalism, Leadership, Medicine, Philosophy, Politics, Public Square, Race, Redemption, Science, Social Action, Technology, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk
Art, Bioethics, Books, Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Democracy, Education, Entertainment, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, grief, Health Care Reform, History, Is Marriage for White People? Ralph Richard Banks, Journalism, Leadership, Medicine, Obama Contraception compromise, Philosophy, Politics, Public Square, Race, Redemption, Science, Social Action, Technology, Theology, UrbanFaith, UrbanFaith.com, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk, Whitney Houston Funeral
When my son first began exhibiting symptoms of anxiety and depression as a sophomore in high school, my husband and I both worked at a California mega-church whose leaders openly preached against psychiatry and psychology. The message reached… Read More
Posted on February 4, 2012 by cascheller
Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Leadership, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Redemption, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk
Aging, Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Dan Blazer M.D., Depression, Faith, Family, Freud vs. God, Geriatric Psychiatry, Health, Leadership, Medicine, mental illness, Psychiatry, Psychology, Redemption, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk
Stories help us make sense of the world. True stories told by our elderly relatives help us understand ourselves, and the telling also helps the storytellers make sense of their lives, says Laity Leadership Institute Senior Fellow Dan… Read More
Posted on January 29, 2012 by cascheller
church life, Community, Faith, Family, Friendship, Leadership, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Redemption, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk
Aging, church life, Community, Dan Blazer M.D., Faith, Family, Friendship, Geriatric Psychiatry, Health, Leadership, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Redemption, social supports, storytelling, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk
Religion Wins Big; Pastors Protest Loss: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that religious schools can fire ministers and more New York City pastors were arrested while protesting fallout from the court’s decision not to hear a Bronx church’s appeal…. Read More
Posted on January 15, 2012 by cascheller
Capitalism, Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Democracy, Education, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, History, Leadership, Politics, Public Square, Race, Redemption, Social Action, Technology, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk
Bronx Household of Faith vs. New York Board of Education, Capitalism, Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Democracy, Education, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, Hannah Tabor case, History, Leadership, Left Right & Chris, Lisa Sharon Harper, Politics, Public Square, Race, Redemption, Social Action, Technology, Theology, U.S. Supreme Court, UrbanFaith, UrbanFaith.com, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk
Depression causes more disability than any other psychiatric disorder,” Laity Leadership Institute senior fellow Dan Blazer, M.D. said his 2005 book The Age of Melancholy: Major Depression and Its Social Origins. In fact, depression is as disabling or more… Read More
Posted on January 15, 2012 by cascheller
Proverbs 23:7 says, “As [a man] thinks in his heart, so is he” (NKJV). When it comes to geriatric health, this statement has repeatedly proven true. “Self-perceptions of older adults about their health and well-being may be at… Read More
Posted on January 8, 2012 by cascheller
Dr. Dale C. Whilden succeeds Scott Rasmussen (who ended his six-year term in mid-October) as president of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association. Whilden is a life-long Ocean Grove resident. He has served as an OGCMA Trustee since 1983 and… Read More
Posted on December 20, 2011 by cascheller
Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Democracy, Faith, Family, Friendship, History, Leadership, Medicine, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Technology, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk
Christianity, church life, Community, Culture, Dale C. Whilden, Democracy, Faith, Family, Friendship, History, Leadership, Medicine, NJ Shore Patch, Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, Public Square, Redemption, Social Action, Technology, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk
In his 2002 book, Depression in Late Life, Laity Leadership Institute Senior Fellow Dan Blazer, M.D. retells a story from the life of Siddhārtha, who would come to be known as the Supreme Buddha. The young prince left his palace… Read More
Posted on December 17, 2011 by cascheller
Laity Leadership Institute senior fellow Dan Blazer, M.D., PhD. describes himself as a “prototypical academic psychiatrist,” but the path to his specialty in geriatric psychiatry was anything but typical. Blazer spent two years as a young medical missionary in Cameroun and… Read More
Posted on December 11, 2011 by cascheller
Psychiatry and faith offer complimentary insights into the human condition and can help us to lead healthier and more satisfying lives, we learned in our seven-part series with Laity Leadership Institute Senior Fellow, Allan Josephson, M.D. … To… Read More
Posted on November 13, 2011 by cascheller
Bioethics, Christianity, Community, Culture, Education, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, Leadership, Medicine, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Redemption, Science, Technology, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk
Allan Josephson, Bioethics, Christianity, Community, Culture, Education, Ethics, Faith, Family, Friendship, Laity Leadership Institute, Leadership, Medicine, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Redemption, Science, Spirituality, Technology, The High Calling, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk, Worldview
The United States is known for its fast-paced, hard hitting business culture. Many careers demand 60 hour weeks or more if we’re going to succeed and provide for our families. Inherent in this climate is the temptation to… Read More
Posted on October 26, 2011 by cascheller
Christianity, Community, Culture, Education, Faith, Family, Leadership, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk
Allan Josephson, Christianity, Community, Culture, Education, Faith, Family, Laity Leadership Institute, Leadership, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Spirituality, The High Calling, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk, Worldview
Dealing with the narcissists in our lives is never easy, but there is hope for improving these difficult relationships, says Laity Leadership Institute Senior Fellow AllanJosephson, M.D. Narcissism develops out of early relationships and is sustained by subsequent ones, so… Read More
Posted on October 15, 2011 by cascheller
Christianity, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Friendship, Leadership, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Redemption, Science, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk
Allan Josephson, Christianity, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Friendship, Laity Leadership Institute, Leadership, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Redemption, Science, Spirituality, The High Calling, TheHighCalling, Theology, Vocation, Walkin' the Talk, Worldview
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“What will I wear? What will I say? Get it together girl. You can do this.”
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