Geoffrey Holsclaw
Why do we experience culture shock? Why do people process the same event so differently? Why is code-switching so exhausting? It’s because different people, especially from different cultures, have different minds—and shifting between them is taxing. This is the main point of Lisa Feldman Barrett’s 6th lesson. I’m continuing with Barrett’s new book, Seven and a […]
What does it really mean to say that humans are social beings? How does it really affect us that we are embedded in our relationship? And what does this mean for discipleship? I’m continuing with Barrett’s new book, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain (I’m working through chapters as part of the […]
Pray. Read your Bible. Go to church—twice on Sundays. And don’t sin. Be sure not to sin. These were my devotions (as they were called). I was raised independent Bible Church baptist. So we didn’t do that “spiritual discipline” crap. Only the Catholics did that stuff while trying to “earn their salvation”—so I was told. But […]
Why do people experience the same situation so differently? Because we don’t respond to the world. We predict it. And how do we predict the world? Through past experience. Basically, people experience the same situation differently because they have different pasts. This is the focus of chapter 4 of Lisa Feldman Barrett’s new […]
Why are human infants so helpless compared to other mammal? Is it because of our big brains? Kind of yes. And the reasons are essential for thinking about discipleship. I’m continuing with Barrett’s new book, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain (I’ll be going through one lesson a week building up […]
Learning to be yourself while still engaging with others is hard word. Acting like myself at all times, in all situations, with all kinds of people is hard work. Absorbed or Against Sometimes we are ABSORBED by others and their interests, desires, power, or fantasies. Maybe we are defeated. Maybe we just defer to others […]