Author: Bart Hennigan

I have been pretty angry lately. I started to write out a litany of why, but the list is too long. And I’m mad about the same things

Spiritual bypass is defined as using spiritual language to avoid having to confront psychological or emotional issues. The concept was introduced by John Welwood with a focus on

Many of us, for the good of our health and that of our neighbors’, are in some form of “shelter-in-place” where we find ourselves suddenly learning a whole

Here in March 2020, both in the US and in the world at large, there are many things to fear. The spread of COVID-19 and the US election

The fields of neurology and psychology tell us that journaling can be quite healthy for us emotionally, but in reading St. Augustine’s Confessions, I realized journaling can be

St. Therese of Lisieux was born in 1873 in Alençon, France. By the age of 15 she had experienced an encounter with the Divine, which she called her

How do we handle the tension between predestination and free-will? When we reach a cross-roads in our life, do we have a creator God who set everything in

Dairmad MacCulloch, writer of the impressive history Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, has also written a summary of the concept of silence throughout the Christian tradition. MacCulloch’s

We’re all probably familiar with the benefits of mindfulness practices such as Tai Chi, meditation, and contemplative prayer, which is an ancient Christian mindfulness tradition. But when I