Hal Green, Ph.D

Breath Prayer for Silence

This breath prayer may seem at first a bit strange and difficult, but I assure you it works. I invite you to breathe in and out something we all need, but most of us do not get enough of: silence. Breathe in silence, and breathe out silence. And while doing so, listen to the subtle […]

Keep Hope Alive

We cannot live long or well without hope. Hope lingers on between our breathing in and breathing out. While there is breath in the body, there is always be some residue of hope in the soul. And being one of the most important gifts of the Spirit, we can always ask for greater hope. Hope […]

Belief Comes Before Seeing

Augustine of Hippo (354-430), famously said: “Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.” And Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) added, “I do not seek to understand so that I can believe, but I believe so that I may understand; and what is […]

Make a Difference

We are here to make a difference in the lives of others. Looking back through five decades, my work has really been to make a difference, and at times to make the difference, in the lives of others. Yet I rarely knew which or even when I did either. And it is just as well […]

Prayer States

When you pray, seek to enter into what is called a “prayer state.” To best understand what prayer states are, I offer two examples. First, concerning brain waves. Five electrical brain waves have been determined. They are, from the slowest deep sleep to the fastest frequency while consciously processing information: delta, theta, alpha, beta and […]