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August 2020

August 15, 2020

Does Your Mind Extend Into the World?

“Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin?” You may never...

June 2020

June 15, 2020

Love and Longing in the Time of Coronavirus

Today, for the first time in three months, I paid a visit to Our Lord...

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...

May 03, 2020

Discerning the Voice of the Good Shepherd

We celebrate on this day both Good Shepherd Sunday and Vocations Sunday. The Church reminds...

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 2019

November 07, 2019

You Could Die Anytime (When Breath Becomes Air)

Our culture fears anything related to death. We fear ageing, not merely out of distaste...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

Neuroscience Does (not?) Disprove Free Will

The idea that neuroscience disproves the existence of free will is prevalent in popular culture....

January 2019

January 27, 2019

A few recent finds

Here are four things that have challenged, informed, and fascinated me lately. 1. Finding God...

January 14, 2019

Habits #3: Find a Friend

If you've been following this series, you know not to set New Year's Resolutions. Instead,...

January 06, 2019

Habits #1: The Secret is to Start Small

So New Year's Resolutions are ineffective. You may have set them anyway. But even if...

December 2018

December 27, 2018

Don’t Set New Year’s Resolutions

Happy New Year! Many of you are likely thinking about changes you want to make...

December 20, 2018

Neuroscience versus Mysticism

Can neuroscience debunk mystical experiences? Should we dismiss them as a matter of misfiring neurons,...

December 06, 2018

On neuroscience and individualism in Advent

The Nativity is astonishing. Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, was born of a...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

A few recent finds

Here are four things that have challenged, informed, and fascinated me lately. 1. Tapping Into...

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 15, 2018

Why you should pray the Liturgy of the Hours

What if I told you that there was a prayer perfectly suited to your biology?...

November 11, 2018

Your brain on prayer

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

October 2018

October 25, 2018

Depression, death and new life in autumn

The leaves are changing at Notre Dame. Autumn is the most beautiful time of year...

October 07, 2018

Seeing in grey and white matter

I have something beautiful to show you today. And it’s a helpful metaphor for understanding...

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 09, 2018

What can neuroscience offer religious faith?

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