Am I Enough

Am I Enough?

Am I enough?  Nope. At least that’s how I often feel.  And I have lived with this feeling of being “not enough” for most of my life. As a kid, I always felt like I was on the outside looking in.  I felt like I wasn’t cool enough, or athletic enough, or smart enough, or…

The End of Us vs. Them

The End of “Us” vs. “Them”

“Us” vs. “Them.”  It’s how most people see the world.  Another word for this is tribalism.  And, apparently, tribalism comes quite naturally to us.  Here’s what a study titled Tribalism Is Human Nature says: Humans evolved in the context of intense intergroup competition, and groups comprised of loyal members more often succeeded than those that…

What is Pre-Christendom?

What is Pre-Christendom?

What is Pre-Christendom? Pre-Christendom is the era of Christianity lasting from the time of Jesus until 312 C.E. when the Roman Emperor Constantine became a Christian. It is called Pre-Christendom because it preceded the Christendom era, the years when Christianity was at the center of Western culture. In the years following the life of Jesus,…