The Unwanted Gift of Grief by Tim P. VanDuivendyk

Read my review in the Fall 2007 issue of the Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling. This book is published by Haworth Press.

Pain Management

When medical science comes up short, sometimes complementary and alternative therapies can ease the pain.

Gendered Expressions of Grief

Read about funeral and mourning customs of women throughout the Islamic world in the Journal of Religion & Society.

Spirituality in Medicine

Read full story about the intersection of spirituality and medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Andrew Newberg's Brain Imaging Studies

Can high-tech images of the human brain reveal our most deeply held beliefs? How do religious and spiritual experiences affect brain activity, and how should we interpret these changes? Most important: What is a "real" spiritual or religious experience, and can scientists ever truly validate this "reality?"

Read my article "The Biology of Belief" in inside Magazine and visit Penn's Center for Spirituality and the Mind to learn more about Dr. Newberg's research.

Creative Work

Mythopoetic Quest

There was —
before

she understood
streaming particles,
millennia of matter past
beyond

the known, the unknowable
cognitive thought revisited —
the sacred rationalized

seminal texts
deconstructed

musings
blessed, blasphemed
god, godless
still

countless shards
refracted through starlight
alone and silent

her pilgrimage ensued
ancient and ageless
new-age and vacuous

upon learning this
she questioned [him] further.

More Creative Work:

Read Lost Soul's Journey in the Bellevue Literary Revue.

Read my poem Practicum at Chronogram On-line.