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Faith & Existence

Working From Rest, Not For It

Oct 21, 2026 · 16 min read

The same week of work can rest on fear or on trust. What the Sabbath command, the manna story and motivation research say about the why under your...

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Why You Keep Having the Same Argument

Sep 8, 2026 · 14 min read

The fight that keeps coming back is rarely about the thing you are fighting about. What is actually running, why it repeats, and the move that interrupts it.

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Sing First. Mean It Later.

Aug 25, 2026 · 15 min read

Therapists took depression treatment apart to find what was working. The answer sounds like something the Psalms have said for three thousand years.

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Faith & Existence

Do You Have to Forgive to Heal?

Jul 7, 2026 · 15 min read

Somebody hurt you. And at some point, somebody else, a friend, a sermon, the voice in your own head, handed you the fix: you just need to forgive....

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Posts on The Long Look are written by Sean Lewis (CCC, MACP, MDiv, DPC). Clinical claims are cited from peer-reviewed sources.