It's too easy to let the urgent crowd out the important. That's why it's critical to place what matters where you can see it ...
This January, I tried something different. Instead of listing goals, I asked myself: If 2026 were a chapter in my life story, ...
"At least you got pregnant! What a blessing!" As I digested these words from a well-meaning acquaintance, I wanted to spit them out immediately. I had just suffered a miscarriage, and in the midst of ...
Think of 2025 as a teacher who noticed things about you that you were too busy to see. Be curious not judgmental.
understanding of spirituality Likert 1–6, where 6 is a greater spiritual perspective 0.93 hospitalized † Religious wellbeing scales. ‡ Existential wellbeing scales. DAP: Death Attitude Profile; DSES: ...
Numerous studies have shown that spirituality can help improve quality of life for people with chronic diseases like cancer. According to a literature review published today in JACC Heart Failure, ...
Spirituality – whether you define it in a religious framework, as a connection to a higher power or simply gut instinct – is not something that we are taught to tap into in the modern, Western world.
What to do when, in the words of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, “All that is solid melts into air?” Times of upheaval inspire a search for alternative understandings of reality. This was as true a ...
The expectation that modernity would lead to the decline of religion has proven to be a myth. For decades, sociologists like Peter Berger predicted that the advance of science and modernization would ...
For generations, Black women have navigated a fraught relationship with religion. And for good reason — they've had to contend with purity culture, sexism, and the overall erasure of their unique ...
No phones, no Facebook, no Amazon, no Netflix. When Fr. Josh Mayer entered St. John Vianney's Seminary in Denver, his first year looked a little more monk-like than what some might expect. "It had to ...
Oprah Winfrey speaks publicly about her daily spiritual practice—including starting the day with thoughts of gratitude. Arianna Huffington sets intentions for the day and meditates for 30 minutes. And ...