by Jeanne Harrison | Feb 2, 2023 | Christian Life, Magazine
Sometimes the most honest question we can ask is, Why should I care? It feels like a jerk of a question – like the kind of thing some sour adolescent says from the back row of class with his arms folded across his chest. We grownups are too sophisticated to act like...
by Jeanne Harrison | Jan 6, 2023 | Christian Life, Counseling
Stress isn’t an emotion. It’s a physiological reaction to an emotion, like fear or anxiety. I learned this in therapy last year, when my stress reached a tipping point, manifesting itself in chronic chest pain and shallow breathing. I had always viewed anxiety like a...
by Jeanne Harrison | Nov 25, 2022 | Christian Life
Reinventing yourself is one of the privileges of growing up. You don’t have to be the awkward adolescent with braces and a lazy eye forever. One day, the braces come off and the contact lenses go in, and you metamorphose. You leave that person behind – the loser, the...
by Jeanne Harrison | Sep 10, 2022 | Family Ministry
Back-to-school season has a way of bringing out the best and worst in me. The best? I get organized and hyper-attentive to my kids. Good food, clean clothes, long conversations. The worst? I get organized and hyper-attentive to my kids. Neurotic micro-managing,...
by Jeanne Harrison | Sep 10, 2022 | Christian Life
Everyone has a public life and a private life. I used to believe the more these two spheres were the “same,” the more authentic the person. John Smith is publicly generous and privately generous. He’s the real deal! But that’s not necessarily true. I’m not the exact...
