David Zuccolotto

David Zuccolotto

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  • Manipulating science to control the universe that mismatched us

    Manipulating science to control the universe that mismatched us

    More importantly, do we have enough power in the human will and manipulation of science to control the universe that mismatched us? Can we appease the mismatching disorder and imperfections of the universe?

  • How to be stressed but not anxious

    How to be stressed but not anxious

    Amy’s story is familiar in my work as a psychologist. Is Amy wrong for being stressed when the Bible commands us to “be not anxious”?

  • When the world falls apart, don't hide in a cave

    When the world falls apart, don't hide in a cave

    Some days I do hide in a cave. I pray for the fire of God, like Elijah on Mount Carmel. I want God to consume everything from the wickedness of humanity to the tragedies of addiction, cancer and crime in the streets. I want the thunder and power of God to respond to the thunder of an abusive world. But that isn’t the lesson of Elijah.

  • Would the Church love me if I had dementia?

    Would the Church love me if I had dementia?

    Having worked with many patients and families with dementia, I knew what lay ahead. As I watched the little boys imaginary city dismantled, I wondered how I would handle a diagnosis of dementia, knowing little by little, my world would be taken apart.

  • Mental health stigmas can be distinctly unbiblical. This is why

    Mental health stigmas can be distinctly unbiblical. This is why

    There is something about mental disorders whose stigma holds a more ominous label than physical disorders. If your church announced the need to visit Bill in the psychiatric hospital suffering from a psychotic break, or Mary in an auto accident, with whom would you feel more comfortable visiting?

  • What do millennials get for not believing?

    What do millennials get for not believing?

    Christ’s defeat on the cross is the paradox of victory when outnumbered by unbelievers.  Christ did not come to earth to create the moral majority, a kingdom on earth, or earthly utopia. His victory was not in the number of believers, but in their zeal and faithfulness to Him.

  • The dangerous right to be human: Lost kindness (pt 2)

    The dangerous right to be human: Lost kindness (pt 2)

    My work as a psychologist includes the dark tragedy of suicide. Patients who have taken their lives still haunt my thoughts.

  • The dangerous right to be human

    The dangerous right to be human

    "They threw her out the second-story window. She broke her arm and leg." I sat and listened to the Social Worker describe the incident while sitting in my office at the hospital where I worked.

  • America's mental health, COVID-19 and the Book of Job

    America's mental health, COVID-19 and the Book of Job

    The mental health of America took a beating in the year 2020. A pounding, unlike anything I have seen in my years as a psychologist. The COVID pandemic created a crisis of human identity and self-worth, leaving many to ask the more profound questions of life.

  • Two-faced gods and New Year's resolutions

    Two-faced gods and New Year's resolutions

    In 4000 B.C., the ancient Babylonians celebrated their new year by making promises to their gods. They believed that if they kept their word, the gods would look favorably on them for the year ahead.

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