Journey Notes (Blog)

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The Importance of Prayer

A regular spiritual practice nourishes the spiritual gifts of conscience and discernment that we were born with.

from Traveling: A Spiritual Seeker’s Guide,
by Josefina J. Card
© 2024 Hearken Books
available from amazon.com

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Humility

“What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world

but suffers the loss of his eternal soul?"

--Matthew 16:26

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Meet Our Contributors

Josefina J. Card, PhD

Josefina J. Card, PhD,

is Founder and President of Sociometrics Corporation. For over 40 years she worked with generous funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to assemble exemplary social and behavioral health datasets and evidence-based behavior change programs, and distribute these resources to schools, clinics, and communities around the globe. She is a trained spiritual director who now brings her decades of work promoting healthy behavior change to the world of spiritual transformation.

James L. Peterson, PhD

James L. Peterson, PhD,

worked in the social sciences on social issues including marital conflict, teen pregnancy, and social indicators. He has worked in the last two decades as a spiritual director and spiritual formation mentor. Most recently he has taken up painting and illustration work.