One of the most intriguing characters in all of literature is Dr. Alexandre Manette from Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities. For eighteen years, Dr. Manette had been imprisoned in…
What role does self-care play in the spiritual life? Earlier this year someone suggested to me that self-care is basically selfishness. I can understand why someone might think that: after all, Christianity…
Why I Stopped Being a Calvinist (Part 1): Calvinism presents a dehistoricized Bible Why I Stopped Being a Calvinist (Part 2): Calvinism Destroys God’s Justice Why I Stopped Being a Calvinist (Part…
Learning to lovingly ‘tune-in’ to what another person is feeling is ultimately an act of attentive love and self-donation. I’m increasingly convinced that in our age of distractions, inattention and scattered focus,…
What is “emotional intelligence’ and why is it important? That was a question I addressed in ‘Best Kept Secrets About Brain Fitness: a Conversation with Graham Taylor and Robin Phillips (Part 1).’ Here…
“There are two main strategies we can adopt to improve the quality of life. The first is to try making external conditions match our goals. The second is to change how we…
From John Ferling’s book Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry That Forged a Nation, p. 207: “During one dinner, Hamilton gazed at Jefferson’s portraits of John Locke, Sir Isaac Newton, and Sir Francis…
This morning while doing some research for a couple clients, I came across two interesting articles that seemed to connect. One article was a piece by Rod Dreher talking about his time…
When Romania was taken over by the Communists in 1944, they began rounding up Christians and sending them to prison. One young Christian who found himself caught in the communist backlash was…
Last week I published an article for the Taylor Study Method titled ‘10 Steps to Learning Anything Twice as Quick‘. Here are some snippets from the article. Passive vs. Active Learning “Passive…
