How to Take Back Your Life from Electronic Overstimulation
on 07-03-2018 , in Lent 2018
Lent is not only a great time to prune away the stuff that clutters our homes and offices, it is also a great time to...
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Five Fun, Creative, and Proven Ways to Prune Away Clutter and Simplify Your Life
on 27-02-2018 , in Lent 2018
A cluttered house or office creates a cluttered mind, sucks up our precious mental energy and blocks the flow of love. Lent is a great...
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Cultivating Love: The One Practice that Rules Them All
on 20-02-2018 , in Lent 2018
This Lent we are learning how to prune and plant to cultivate a harvest of love. When it comes to planting, spiritual masters and brain...
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Organizing Lent: 40 Days of Intensive Farming to Cultivate Love
on 13-02-2018 , in Lent 2018
Lent starts today, and I’m pumped. This week I am applying brain science strategies to help us to get organized and to overcome the most...
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Going on an Adventure for Lent: Want to Come?
on 10-02-2018 , in Lent 2018
Let’s be real. Many of us always hated Lent. Bad weather. No desserts. Pressure to spend more time in church. And, worst of all, 45...
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Operation Bud Light: How to Rescue a Struggling Marriage
on 31-08-2017 , in Resurrecting Love
Jack and Diane (not their real names) were a week away from finalizing their divorce. As their kids and close-knit community waited in anguish, their...
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Four Practical Ways to Revitalize Our Desire to Care for the Poor
on 13-04-2017 , in Reflection
What if caring for the poor is easier, more meaningful, and more fun than we have imagined? Well, it is. Here are four practical ways...
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What the Lakota Sioux and Brain Science Taught Me about Caring for Poor People
on 22-03-2017 , in Reflection
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The pressure to “care for the poor” during Lent used to irritate me; it felt like one more reason to feel bad about myself during...
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How Brain Science Revolutionized My Prayer Life
on 06-03-2017 , in Reflection
Not long ago my prayer life had become pretty dry. Then I spent some time at the University of California, Berkeley learning from brain scientists...
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FASTING: The Powerful Path to Transformation
on 28-02-2017 , in Reflection
I used to hate fasting. In fact, when I fasted I got so miserable and self-righteous that my spiritual director told me to stop. “No...
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