Tim's Books
Discernment
Attention
Nicholas Carr asks what the internet is doing to our brains. His answer: rewiring it for easy distraction. He observes that the way we read online--with constant distractions--is actually...
Discernment
Aim Higher
If you don't know Viktor Frankl's work, read his book Man's Search for Meaning--one of the most important books of the 20th century. Below is a short video of...
Reflections
The Holy Family
This past Sunday was the feast of the Holy Family, and it calls to our imagination that "longest sermon" of Jesus first 30 years, as Cardinal Seán O'Malley called...
Discernment
A Boy Named Ambition
Where is Christ being born today? It certainly isn't where we expect, if history is any guide. Where, today, is that stable at the obscure roadside inn in the...
Spirituality
Silence
The most basic spiritual practice is learning silence. Practicing silence is an act of faith precisely because one cannot know for certain that anything is to be gained from...
Discernment
Waiting
Advent is the season when we remind ourselves of what we are waiting for, keeping at bay the voices which tell us that our waiting is fruitless.
In one of...