In 2013, I did work on attentiveness for the Colson Center. I have gradually been republishing my work here, which you can access at the following links: Hollowing out the Habits of…
There’s an American maxim which says you shouldn’t discuss religion or politics in polite society. It’s hard not to have some sympathy with this advice, especially during the election cycle. After all,…
The sun was just going down as Maryām made her way through the narrow streets, trying to keep to back-alleys so no one noticed her. She had made this journey dozens of…
In my workshop ‘Gratitude During Times of Suffering‘ I talked about the emWave technology I’ve been using to measure heart-rate variability. In this lecture, the cardiologist Dr. Trent Orfanos explains about the…
I’d like to invite you to do a little thought experiment with me. Shut your eyes and imagine that every single person on earth is thinking about you right now. Moreover, imagine…
A common narrative of modernity is that secularization and skepticism about religion both grow out of, and accelerate, a decline in religion. Accordingly, religion and secularization are often seen like two sides…
Here is the text for the handout that I passed out during my OCAMPR workshop last month: Selected Resources Cognitive Reframing Ancient Christian Wisdom and Aaron Beck’s Cognitive Therapy: A Meeting of…
As the tumultuous year of 2016 draws to a close, new political forces, impulses and ideologies dominate American public space and demand to be taken seriously. From the surprising groundswell of support…
An article by Tara West for The Inquisitr makes a good case for why the Electoral College is important: “…the reasoning behind the Electoral College [is] to ensure that non-urban dwelling citizens have their…
I have really benefited from these talks presented by Father Maximos. Father Maximos shares practices we can all do to cultivate inner prayer during times of constant distractions, and he also has…
This week I was doing some Google Searching about the ancient origins of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and here are some interesting tidbits that stood out to me. “Stoic philosophers, particularly Epicetus,…
Last week I had the privilege of traveling out to Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology which was hosting this year’s conference for The Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology, and…
