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September 2018

September 09, 2018

What can neuroscience offer religious faith?

What does neuroscience have to do with faith? Can it aid our self-understanding as religious...

September 06, 2018

Does neuroscience disprove the soul? Tom Wolfe has some thoughts

I decided to read a Tom Wolfe novel recently. First of all, as a tribute...

September 02, 2018

What clerical abuse does to the developing brain

I'm not prepared to share my words about the atrocities spelled out in the Pennsylvania...

August 2018

August 30, 2018

How your mindset can shut out grace

Growing up, I was never the athletic one of the family. While my siblings excelled...

August 26, 2018

Embracing silence

Our modern world is dominated by noise, external and internal noise that damages our brain function...

August 23, 2018

On evolution and the Catholic faith

When I agreed to write for Patheos, I didn't think I would have to dive...

August 19, 2018

Why you should hug at the Sign of Peace

This summer, I’ve been going to daily Mass at a parish down the street from...

August 16, 2018

On materialism, suffering, and the opioid crisis

A few weeks ago, one of my loved ones underwent surgery, and was prescribed an opioid...