Tag: Addiction

  • Dan

    What has formed you? (The flip side)

    I asked the question HERE about the good things that have formed our lives. The other day I was reminded of a question that was posed about the things around us and how they form us. There is formation going on all the time. As Dallas Willard would say, “Everyone gets an education. It’s just a matter of what kind.”

  • Dan

    Addictions and brokenness

    The numbers are overwhelming as I read them: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is unable to track overdose deaths in real-time. Its published data is one year behind, obscuring the picture of what is happening on the ground in 2022. The agency continues to count the death toll for 2021 — in a provisional tally seven months ago,…

  • Dan

    The horrors of addiction

    The tragic news came of the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman. He was an actor I thoroughly enjoyed watching. I thought he was incredible in Capote. It is a reminder of the depths of addiction. As one friend noted on Facebook, it is a reminder of Genesis 4:7. “…sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must…