What’s driving you?
For many people on this planet, life is driven by their appetites. The problem with that is, when we allow our lives to be driven by our […]
17
Oct
2023
Articles by Dr. James Scott, Jr.
Scott Free Clinic Blog
16
Oct
2023
Was this the favorite cognitive distortion of the “father of faith”?
The greatest source of trouble you will face in your lifetime is your own thinking. What you think, and how you think, will help you or hurt […]
12
Oct
2023
A built-in check engine light for your mental health …
There’s a problem common to mental health, physical health, and spiritual health that is dramatically commonplace and is bad for us. It’s the practice of treating symptoms […]
09
Oct
2023
The world’s most persistent lie still persists …
According to a study by the University of Massachusetts, 60 percent of people can’t go 10 minutes without lying. Bits & Pieces, way back in 1993, published […]
05
Oct
2023
Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?
Like me, you’ve probably known some people who have an uncanny (and perhaps a little annoying) ability to quote, with perfect accuracy, lines from movies. You may […]
03
Oct
2023
Something to hang your hat on …
Grammerly.com explains the meaning of an idiom as “a phrase that, when taken as a whole, has a meaning you wouldn’t be able to deduce from the […]
28
Sep
2023
You can accomplish a lot in life with these four things …
No two people who have ever lived, are currently alive, and will yet live are the same. That includes what they want to do with the lives […]
27
Sep
2023
What makes you happy?
Ask 100 people what makes them happy and you might get 100 different answers. Or none. Not everyone is happy, though most want to be. What does […]
20
Sep
2023
Don’t buy the lies: You can go “too far” …
“This time, he’s gone too far. I’m done.” I’ve heard versions of that statement many times in my decades of pastoral ministry and counseling. Whether it’s with […]
19
Sep
2023
God’s question to an angry man …
There are more than 7.8 billion people alive on planet Earth today. Of those people, 4.9 billion of them are users of social media. One of the […]