I think I’m smarter today than I was two years ago. At that time had someone forwarded me Newsweek’s interview with James Gordon, founder of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine and author of “Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression,” I would have stewed on it and obsessed about it, worrying that…

Another of his classic essays is the following, titled “Prozac Nation?” in which Kramer refutes the modern wave of thought that we are overmedicating our country, numbing America to every hiccup or discomfort, and doling out antidepressants where there is no legitimate diagnosis. You can get to the original article, which ran in “Slate,” by…

I know it’s only July, but Beliefnet is gearing up for their “Most Inspiring Person of 2008” contest. The editors want to know who your picks are. Check out last year’s gallery by clicking here, and then tell us who you want to be in the running for this year by going to the nomination…

Every time I watch this video, I laugh. Fr. Jim’s joy and playfulness is just so contagious. I think he communicates more about hope and joy and how much God loves us with his jokes and laughter than most priests do with their solemn homilies. I am so lucky to have a guy like this…

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