Neuroscience and the Reductionist Temptation

In C.S. Lewis’s book The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, there is a fascinating dialogue that happens after the company from Narnia voyage to an island at the beginning of the end of…

The Virtue of Vulnerability in an Age of Sentimentalism, Stoicism and Cynicism

This post has been removed after being incorporated into my book Gratitude in Life’s Trenches

Republishing My Colson Center Articles

Readers occasionally approach me with requests for links to the articles I wrote for the Chuck Colson Center. From 2011 to 2014, I maintained columns at the Center, usually supplying three articles…

Gratefully Accepting the Life He Gives

On July 21, 1944, Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was in the sick bay of the Tegel prison listening to the Nazi radio. The Lutheran minister had been sent to prison the year before…

Wisdom From Elder Thaddeus

Throughout his book Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives, Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica frequently returns to the theme that when we think negatively about another person, we actually injure them spiritually. Similarly, we…

Your Mindset Makes More of a Difference Than You Realize

From ‘How Peace of Mind is a Skill That Can Be Developed With Practice‘: We tend to think that a positive outlook results from external circumstances and forces that are outside of…

True Courage

Few virtues are as misunderstood today as the virtue of courage. Courage is the act of choosing to press ahead in full knowledge that there may be danger ahead. It is this…

A Day in the Life of a Janitor

Last week I decided to apply for a cleaning job someone told me about. Given that my work as a writer has recently slowed down, I was eager at the prospect of…

Books I’ve Recently Read

Nixing Negativity

In the second address in his series on kindness, Fr. Anthony Messeh talks about some practical ways you can expunge negativity from your relationships.

How to Practice Gratitude Behind Bars

It had been a particularly unpleasant day at the office for Ranald. It was only after being promoted to management six months earlier that Ranald realized how stressful his dream job actually…

Perlman Plays Brahms Violin Concerto

I recently discovered the recording of Itzhak Perlman playing Brahms Violin Concerto in D major. I was even more delighted to discover a video of this amazing performance. Perlman brings a sensitivity…



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