Our ever-increasing engagement with technology is deepening neural pathways that make it difficult to maintain practices that are essential for soul care. For example: Our habit of continually switching from one thing to another on our device…
Would you rather inflict pain on yourself than be alone with your own thoughts? That was the question some researchers posed a couple of years ago. In an unusual study, they put people in a room alone with no devices …
Jesus demonstrated a life of perfect communion with God. He interacted with his Father throughout the day, spent entire nights conversing with him, and explained to his disciples that he only did what his Father told him to do. As …
I cannot think of a greater need in this day when we seem to live on the edge of chronic anxiety, overwhelmed by the magnitude of our busyness. We never stop—running, working, doing, learning, achieving, moving, climbing, pushing, thinking, planning—and …
I have been trying to begin this section for over an hour, during which time, among other things, I helped a friend in Europe set up a PayPal account so I could wire her money, responded to a text, stopped …
Recently someone asked me what I thought was the hardest thing about prayer for most people. I didn’t have to think twice. The toughest part, no question, is setting aside the time and sticking with it. From baby believers to …