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	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 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 ...
	November 30th, 2009 What Works: Being On Time The spiritual value of not running late This is one I still struggle with. A lot. I'm in no way an expert in getting places on time. But I'm much better than ...
	November 2nd, 2009 What Works: The Welcoming Prayer An unassuming little tool in my spiritual first aid kit that can have a big impact I want to share with you a little method with a big impact: the Welcoming Prayer. This unassuming little method has helped me many times. ...
	October 19th, 2009 What Works: Baggage Letting go of our burdens We've all heard the jokes. Ever since the term "baggage" entered popular use thanks to the 80s inner child movement, it's been both a warning ...
	October 4th, 2009 What Works: Turn Off the News You won't miss anything important I don't mean to put anyone out of work in this difficult economy — I even have several friends in this profession — but I ...
	September 20th, 2009 What Works: Freedom From Choice Stop wasting so much time figuring out what to do I was on a retreat this weekend, and do you know what one of the little pleasures was for me? Coming to the dining room ...
	September 7th, 2009 What Works: Your Internal Compass Discernment is about uncovering what you already know I've written several columns here with suggestions that are rather directive — get enough sleep, use the downturn to find your calling, ...
	August 10th, 2009 What Works: HALT — Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired Avoiding triggers and staying connected to God Ever want to bite someone's head off just because they had the misfortune to cross your path when you hadn't eaten lunch? Or hadn't gotten ...
	July 12th, 2009 What Works: Never Should Removing should and have to from your vocabulary I drink my morning coffee with milk. For some reason, I can barely stand drinking it without. One rainy evening I'm at home on the ...
	June 26th, 2009 Interview: Phil Fox Rose Father Dave talks with Phil Fox Rose, the author of the "What Works" column here at Busted Halo about finding guidance on your spiritual journey, how to incorporate God into recovery programs, and ...
	June 21st, 2009 What Works: Sun Worship Get outdoors this summer and experience God's wondrous creation Summer is upon us, and the other day when I read Therese Borchard's post on Beliefnet about how lack of sun exposure has led to a Vitamin D deficiency crisis across this country, it struck ...
	June 8th, 2009 What Works: Spiritual Recovery Becoming free from alcoholism and addiction requires spiritual help, not self-help If you are an alcoholic or addict, being spiritually unfit can be fatal. If not literally fatal then, as in my case, a living death ...
	May 27th, 2009 What Works: Radical Honesty Let your yes mean yes and your no mean no I always considered myself honest, and I had a lot of pride attached to that. I had a boss once who would stare you in ...
	May 11th, 2009 What Works: Get some sleep! It's hard to be spiritually fit when you're running on fumes I was up late but had agreed to an early brunch with friends, so after about five hours of sleep I'm on my way to ...
	April 22nd, 2009 What Works: Losing your footing and finding the ground Using the economic downturn to reevaluate your life's choices Nancy's whole career has been in pharmaceutical communications. After watching round after round of layoffs at her firm over the past two years, her ticket ...
	March 11th, 2009 What Works: Am I An Alcoholic? Our inaugural What Works column tackles the toughest question some people ever face "Am I an alcoholic?" "Am I an addict?" At some point, many of us look back on our drinking or using and question it: question ...

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