Phil Fox Rose is a writer, editor and content lead based in New York. He writes the What Works personal spirituality column at Busted Halo and is assistant coordinator for the New York City chapter of Contemplative Outreach, helping promote centering prayer, which has been his contemplative practice for over 17 years. Phil has also been a political party leader, videographer, tech journalist, punk roadie, software designer, sheepherder, stockbroker and downtempo radio DJ. A common thread is the process of learning about stuff, figuring it out and then sharing that understanding with others. Follow Phil on Facebook here. Or on Twitter here. philfoxrose.com.

	September 26th, 2010 What Works: The Serenity Prayer A simple prayer with a powerful message "God, grant me the serenity..." You've probably heard the Serenity Prayer, whether while attending a 12-Step meeting as a member or guest, or from watching ...
	September 7th, 2010 What Works: Reading the Bible Get to know the Word of God The other day I was reading in Acts 8 about Philip the Evangelist, my namesake, along with some study bible commentary on his history. Even ...
	August 22nd, 2010 What Works: Yes, But Is This Gossip? Phil Fox Rose responds to readers’ questions and comments sparked by his column about gossip My last column, about gossip, seems to have struck a nerve and inspired a lot of discussion. Since I assume that for every reader ...
	August 9th, 2010 What Works: Gossip Why we do it and the harm it does Gossip seems like the main form of entertainment these days. We're bombarded with the ups and downs, the personal embarrassments, of entertainers, politicians, and a ...
	July 25th, 2010 What Works: Are Affirmations Lying? Can the concept of affirmations be reconciled with radical honesty? A reader, Janice J. Holladay, LPC, raised a great point the other day after reading my old column on radical honesty. She had just ...
	July 6th, 2010 What Works: More on meditation for Christians Currents tapes a segment with Busted Halo columnist Phil Fox Rose's Centering Prayer group in New York Watch the video from when Currents visited the Centering Prayer group facilitated by Busted Halo columnist Phil Fox Rose, then read on for helpful tips about Centeering Prayer and meditation.
	June 21st, 2010 What Works: Talking with God Deepening your personal relationship with God through conversational prayer I had always been fine with the "God is everything" and "There is that of God in each of us" kinds of conceptions of God, but I was finding it hard to turn my will ...
	June 7th, 2010 What Works: Enjoy the Silence Protect the silence in your day and consider a silent retreat this summer "Words are very Unnecessary." — Depeche Mode There is not enough silence in the world. More than ever before, daily life consists of a near-constant bombardment of noise and messaging. When I am introducing people to Centering Prayer ...
	May 24th, 2010 What Works: Solo playdates Nourishing your soul with regular creative outings In my column a few months back about nonnegotiables, I talked about Julia Cameron's concept from The Artist's Way of the "artist date" — where you make a playdate with yourself to do something ...
	April 22nd, 2010 The Integrity of Creation An Earth Day reflection on the link between environmentalism and faith One of the first and key places I encountered the spiritual ideas that eventually led me to the Catholic Church was at Estes Park, high ...
	April 12th, 2010 What Works: More on the spirituality of being on time What Works columnist Phil Fox Rose is interviewed about being on time on NET TV and responds to reader comments Recently, I was interviewed for the show Currents on the NET TV network about the spirituality of being on time. Watch the video right here on this page; I've queued it up to my segment ...
	March 29th, 2010 What Works: A Day of Rest Devoting a day to faith, family, friends and food When I was growing up, Sunday was a day for leisure and family. My atheist father did his version of worship: reading the Sunday New ...
	March 15th, 2010 What Works: Starting Fresh Renewal is possible at any time The vernal equinox, Easter, Passover and the Iranian New Year are approaching. And this column marks the one-year anniversary of What Works. So I want to talk about renewal, fresh starts. (But first, thank you ...
	March 1st, 2010 What Works: Can You Turn the Other Cheek? A challenge to work on everyday acceptance Acceptance is the answer to all my problems, because if I'm in acceptance, I have no problems. OK, that takes care of this column. See ...
	February 16th, 2010 What Works: Why to meditate A closer look at the benefits of meditation for Christians In a famous exchange, Dan Rather asked Mother Teresa of Calcutta what she says in prayer and she replied, "I don't say anything. I listen." ...
	February 1st, 2010 What Works: Nonnegotiables The freedom of commitment I know where I'll be every Monday and Tuesday evening, and on Sunday mornings. And I know what I'll be doing first thing every day. ...
	January 18th, 2010 What Works: My “aughts” weren’t awful, they were awesome A New Year's challenge: Enhance your connection with God I've been taken aback these last few weeks by all the retrospectives and their universal declaration ...
	December 31st, 2009 Faithful Departed — Roy E. Disney (1930-2009) Did any among us not grow up with Disney? Children of the 40s marked their years with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, ...
	December 26th, 2009 What Works: Meditation It isn't boring, it isn't non-Christian and you do have the time for it The promise of meditation is not the 20 minutes of refuge from an otherwise insane day, wonderful as that may be. The promise is to ...
	December 13th, 2009 What Works: When a parent is an alcoholic or addict Making the best of a bad situation Are you going home for Christmas with trepidation because it means dealing with a drunken parent? Are you not going home for Christmas because, after years ...