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June 2020

June 19, 2020

The Science of the Sacred Heart: Tender yet Metal

Today's feast is simultaneously the most tender and the most metal of Catholicism: The Solemnity...

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

Answering the Pope with Hidden Love

The Pope has asked us to devote this day to begging God that the pandemic...

May 14, 2020

Let Saint Benedict Lead You

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

April 2020

April 20, 2020

Don’t Waste This Time.

"I can’t wait for this to be over." In the month since the UK entered...

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...

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 20, 2018

Neuroscience versus Mysticism

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

December 16, 2018

Brain Disease or Religious Experience? Mark Salzman’s Lying Awake

What does it mean to feel God’s presence, and how is this related to brain...

December 13, 2018

Psychopathology or Holy Mysticism? Ron Hansen’s Mariette in Ecstasy

What is the relationship between pathology and holiness? In recent years, scientific studies have sought...

December 08, 2018

Actively Anticipating the Nativity

Advent is a season of preparation in joyful hope for the coming of Christ. We...

November 2018

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 21, 2018

On offering “thoughts and prayers”

In the wake of any tragedy or misfortune, Americans tend to offer vague sentiments of...