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Flex Your Moral Muscle: God Can Change Your Brain
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In his newest book, “After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters,” Anglican bishop and biblical scholar N. T. Wright advises his readers not to cheat on their tax returns. Because that deceitful act may very well carve a neural pathway inside the brain that makes it easier to cheat on other things or people. Scary…
This Is Your Brain on Religion
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David Ian Miller posts a fascinating interview with Andrew Newberg, a neuroscientist at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of “How God Changes Your Brain” on The San Francisco Chronicle’s website: SFGate.com. Newberg’s book discusses the results of brain scans conducted on more than 100 people who engaged in meditation and prayer. Writes Miller: The…
Climbing Great Heights: On Discipline and the Small Battles
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Beyond Blue
Winston Churchill once wrote, “The heights of great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night.” I love that quote. And I remember it throughout my day. On many days. Because even as the milestones–landing a job, celebrating 14 years…
Hosanna in the highest: On celebrating the small things
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Beyond Blue
Yesterday a very talented woman paid a visit to me. As regular Beyond Blue readers know, I’ve been in a big funk the last week/month/year/lifetime, so I didn’t really think much about her visit until she was here. She asked me some questions. I answered them. Then I asked her some questions. She answered…
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