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From Goal-Setting to Habit-Setting

By Jared Dees

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about goal-setting lately. I want to make sure my goals for 2012 are as motivating as possible. It is just that time of year. People are reassessing last year’s goals and setting new ones. They are making new year’s resolutions to make changes in their lives. Almost a…

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January 10, 2012 Filed Under: Meaningful Work, What Tagged With: daily prayer, morning prayer

Two Insights into the Liturgy of the Hours

By Jared Dees

I have always struggled with the Liturgy of the Hours. Two different places where I have worked have used the Liturgy of the Hours as the chosen form of morning prayer together as a staff. To be completely honest I have always found it to be boring and too repetitive to get anything out of…

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April 13, 2011 Filed Under: Catholic Prayers, On Spirituality, Prayer, What Tagged With: liturgy of the hours, morning prayer, prayer apps

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Jared Dees is passionate about sharing practical resources to teach faith. He is best known for his website The Religion Teacher and is the author of many books including 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children. See all of Jared's Books →

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