Co-opting religious concepts for New Age

I was listening to the Catholic Laboratory podcast by Ian Maxfield yesterday, where he was bemoaning a recent report in NewScientist magazine about the effects of mental practices on recovery from illness.

Yeah, stunning, I know. If you are grounded in your thinking, this will help you recover faster.

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September 7th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: General | Leave a comment

A crisis of faith?

I’ve had a number of things happening in the last few months which seem to be trying to push me away from having faith – in myself, in my church, in God. They’re subtle, but after they start mounting up you start thinking there might be a pattern.

But I find myself paying attention to [...]

September 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: General | Leave a comment