THE BATTLE FOR THE MIND

William Sargant was a British psychiatrist who, in 1957, published one of the first books on the psychology of brainwashing, Battle for the Mind. He was heavily involved with the Intelligence Services, including the CIA Project MKULTRA. His work became termed ‘The...

LIFE IS NOT A PRISON

Chuck Colson tells about celebrating Easter Sunday in Delaware in 2000. It was a cold, windy morning, more like winter than the beginning of spring. We arrived at the Sussex Correctional Institution just as the day’s first light was filtering through the morning...

FAILURE IS NOT FINAL

Dr Armand Nicholi, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School writes that, “What often appears to be the cause of despondency in many today is an awareness of the gap between what they think they ought to be and what they feel they are. That is, there is a...

A MORNING PRAYER

Recently I have been using the Private Devotions of Lancelot Andrewes in my morning prayers. Andrewes was born in 1555 and died in 1626. His ministry encompassed being Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth I and Privy Councillor to King James 1. He was on the committee that...