Join Dan Burke and Melissa Elson as they offer solutions to our culture's technologically obsessed world by speaking with author, Dr. Christopher Blum about his book, A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction.

Topics/Questions covered in the show:

• What was the inspiration/motivation for the book?
• How does technology increase anxiety? How does it detract from the spiritual life?
• Why is the book set up in three sections?
• What is the best way for readers to use this book? 
• How can we take custody of our hearts and minds according to the Church?
• Is A Mind at Peace a work of philosophy, theology, psychology, spirituality or all of these fields combined?
• How would you characterize the peace that one can attain from the book?
• What does it mean to be in the world but not of the world?
• Which spiritual writers influenced the book most heavily?
• Does the book offer a technique in achieving interior peace?
• Could one use an app or other device to help determine how much social media time is enough in the course of the day? 

  Resources:

• Spiritualdirection.com - website
• Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation
• Sophia Institute Press
• A Mind at Peace by Dr. Christopher Blum
• Questions? Send an e-mail to Questions@myavila.com or call 818-646-7729. Please leave your name, location and question.