Reflections on our inner worlds.
Souls and Hearts is excited to bring you a new monthly feature — The Kingdom Within. Each month, Dr. Gerry reflects on passages from the Bible, the writings of the saints, Church documents, and the writings of noteworthy theologians, philosophers, and spiritual writers from a parts work perspective. The Kingdom Within comes to your email inbox every third Monday of the month.
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The Temple of the Self: You Are a Temple and the Temple Has Many Rooms (Part I)
April 20, 2026
In 2008 the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology published Temple and Contemplation: God's Presence in the Cosmos, Church, and Human Heart, which was edited by Scott Hahn and part of the Letter & Spirit series of books. In this volume, a remarkable group of biblical theologians and patristic scholars made a sustained case that the Temple is not merely an ancient building in Jerusalem. It is a cosmic reality, a sacramental reality, and a human reality. The Temple, they argue, finds its ultimate fulfillment not just in stone or ritual, but in the human heart itself. Now, when I... READ MORE
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The Cedar and the Cave of the Heart: Saint Charbel and the Healing of the Interior Life
March 16, 2026
Saint Charbel Makhlouf (1828–1898) was a Lebanese Maronite monk and hermit who spent the last 23 years of his life...
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Quantum Mechanics, Catholic Contemplative Spirituality, and Parts Psychology
February 17, 2026
I will begin by saying that I am not and never will be a physicist. Never in my wildest dreams...
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Thomas Merton: Saint, Mystic, or Wayward Catholic? A Parts Work Perspective
January 19, 2026
I understand that Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is a somewhat controversial figure in some Catholic circles. His book, The Seven Storey...
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Pope Leo XIV, The Council of Nicaea, Divinization, and Unity Within Diversity
December 15, 2025
We are celebrating the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea! This is the Ecumenical Council that was called by...
Read more...Saint John Paul II, Chastity, Theology of the Body, and Parts Work
November 17, 2025
I have become curious about how Saint Pope John Paul II would have understood parts. He was deeply invested in...
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Saint Francis of Assisi, The Canticle of the Creatures, and Positive Core Emotions
October 20, 2025
How do recent neuroscientific discoveries in the study of emotion intersect with the faith, especially the spirituality of Saint Francis...
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Saint John of the Cross: The Spiritual Canticle and Parts
August 18, 2025
“Swift-winged birds, lions, stags, and leaping roes, mountains, lowlands, and river banks, waters, winds, and ardors, watching fears of night:...
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Questions and Answers
July 15, 2025
Greetings! This week I’m responding to five questions I’ve received from readers in the last few months. I have no...
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Saint Bonaventure Part One: Relationality and the Primacy of Love
June 16, 2025
“Let your love lead your steps to Jesus wounded, to Jesus crowned with thorns … enter with your whole being...
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Saint Augustine and Parts Psychology in his Confessions
May 19, 2025
“We long to praise you, though we are burdened by our mortality. Though we are conscious of sin, we long...
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Evagrius of Pontus, the Parts of the Soul, and the Seven Deadly Sins
April 21, 2025
“Prayer is an ascent of the spirit to God” Evagrius of Pontus, Chapters on Prayer Evagrius of Pontus (345-399...
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Thomistic Psychology and Parts: Are Parts the Result of Sin and Fragmentation? Did Jesus Have Parts? Did Jesus Experience Trauma?
March 17, 2025
I was recently delighted to listen to a two-part YouTube presentation by Dr. Christin McIntyre entitled Applied Thomistic Psychology where...
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