Ordering Your Life
Could Practicing the Virtue of Prudence Give You More Time In Your Day?
First Key to Spiritual Growth: Taking Control of Your Life through the Virtue of Prudence In the last two articles we explored the need to take control of our lives. We saw how we can make simple choices that slowly build up our inner sanctuary. Then we looked at the importance of embracing change in…
Read More6 Areas of Your Life Damaged By Being Too Busy
My life is still too busy, but I have found the concepts of Overload and Margin to be not only useful but nearly transforming in my life. Reading Dr. Richard Swenson’s book was a true awakening for me. “Oh, that’s my problem!” Like many, I assumed that my life was out of my control.…
Read More6 Reasons Your Life is Too Busy
Too Busy to Live? Where Did All of This Chaos and Busyness Come From? People tend to see themselves as victims of busyness. I really believe that God has not only given us the power to control our lives, but He desires us to. What good can there possibly be in being so busy that…
Read MoreVirtue of Prudence: Why We’re Overwhelmed
We hear it all the time. “People are so busy today!” Have you ever thought about what we really mean by that statement? What is different about our modern age that makes people so busy? If you think about it, most people today have to dedicate a lot less of their time to survival than…
Read MoreThe Virtue of Prudence: Human Beings Not Human Doings
The virtue of prudence is the habit of choosing the greatest possible good (exercising true freedom) and making a plan to get it. This far-ranging virtue touches on every dimension of our lives. One important part of exercising prudence is to examine our lives and to shape ourselves according to God’s plan and in cooperation…
Read MoreThe Virtue of Prudence: A Kairos Man in a Chronos World
I have never been known as a punctual person. In fact, friends often joke that they need to give me an earlier start time for events so I’ll be on time. My wife actually does that – no joke. Part of my problem is a weakness in the virtue of prudence where it touches on…
Read MoreWhy Faith in God Gives You More (not less) of the Good Stuff!
Many of us assume that we are too busy to strengthen our faith in God. The skills and strategies surrounding the all-but-forgotten virtue of prudence can help us to focus on what matters most – especially our relationship with God. Today, let’s take the first concrete step toward living the virtue of prudence. Virtue requires…
Read MoreThe Virtue of Prudence: Martha, Martha . . .
Now it came to pass as they went, that he entered into a certain town: and a certain woman named Martha, received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sitting also at the Lord’s feet, heard his word. But Martha was busy about much serving. Who stood and said: Lord,…
Read More5 Insights That Changed My Approach to Time Management
Is time management the solution to your problems? Yesterday was a pretty typical day for me. I started the day with my “todo list,” which I should really call my “wishlist.” After getting breakfast for the children and me, I got on a call with the director for my part-time job with the Diocese of…
Read MoreWhat Virtues Make a Well-Ordered Life Second Nature?
A habit is a tendency to perform an action readily and easily. Virtues are good habits – habits that resonate with who we are meant to be. Habits are formed by doing something over and over again. This repeated action literally forms a path in our brain that connects a need or desire to the…
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