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…
I’ve recently been posting a lot about gratitude and cognitive reframing. In this post I want to say a few words about what gratitude is not. It’s important to emphasize that true gratitude…
I recently published an article for the Taylor Study Method titled ‘Recovering Quiet in an Age of Noise.’ This article continues to explore my ongoing interest in digital distractions and email addiction, but…
To read earlier posts in this series, click here. One morning, on a brisk autumnal day in 2015, I drove myself to the hospital in Spokane Washington. My destination was the office…
From my post “Clarifying My Position on Trump“: There are times when Christians ought to be afraid. I will be the first to admit that we have good reason to be afraid…
