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September 2020

September 25, 2020

The End of Education

Is a college education worth it? Between rising costs of tuition and dubious outcomes of...

May 2020

May 14, 2020

Let Saint Benedict Lead You

As my regular readers will know, I spent last summer with Benedictine nuns at the...

January 2020

January 12, 2020

10 Ways to be a Bad Catholic Neuroscientist

The most common question I am asked is “How do you reconcile your Catholic faith...

November 2018

November 25, 2018

Don’t be afraid of your fear

Our culture views fear as a sign of weakness. The fearful person is told to...

November 18, 2018

On spiritual friendship

Lately, I’ve been relying more heavily than usual on my friends – or at least,...

November 11, 2018

Your brain on prayer

There has been a surge of interest, in recent years, in identifying the neural correlates...

September 2018

September 23, 2018

Who are you, who fill my heart with your absence?

Some days, God feels closer than the air we breathe, and he breaks into our...

September 15, 2018

How mirror neurons allow you to suffer with the sorrowful

Why on earth would we celebrate Our Lady of Sorrows? How could the pain she...

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...

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 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...