William Van Ornum

Paul Theroux likes trains he has roamed the world and ridden trains and written great books with neat names like Ghost Train to the Eastern Star or The Old Patagonia Express In his upcoming book he brings us a spiritual sense of the meaning of travel To be released in May Tao of Travel Enli

Not only will many readers here have direct experience with decades of marriage themselves of ministering to those engaged or of officiating at weddings a good number will be 18-22 year old persons themselves who will have an interest in marriage as they may be considering it someday and at l

I have been reading a wonderful book DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood by Edward M Hallowell M D and John Ratey M D Attention Deficit Disorder is a concern foranyone teaching studying to become an educator or profes

In treating mental health conditions are psychotherapy and medications enough to do the job In our discussion on this subject last week some suggested that there may even be another dimension of care needed a spiritual dimension Perhaps it is possible to be psychologically healthy yet spiritua

The field of mental health encompasses many different professions It is good for the public as well as teachers and psychologists in training to know the lay of the land and to understand current practices in the field of psychiatry because many referrals are made to this profession The New York

Several months ago I mentioned we d be discussing C S Lewis s Screwtape Letters here during Lent Now is a good time mdash acts of warfare are ongoing in Libya mdash and in Screwtape Lewis confronts readers with an underlying question what importance is to be given to the inner spiritual life th

Imagine a tournament in which both teams finish as champions That s what occurred Monday in Bridgeport Connecticut when the Marist College disclaimer where I teach Lady Red Foxes played Loyola University Maryland s Greyhounds for the Women s Basketball MAAC Championship Marist won 63-45 Pro

Lent arrives Wednesday One of the nice things about blogging is that you can write out your own thoughts or bring others directly to articles or direct passages by others Lent makes me want to search out writers who can inspire me to cooperate with the great grace of metanoia that the Lenten seaso