Day: September 26, 2016

#SMS16

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Did your church participate in Social Media Sunday yesterday? Let us know how, and with what results! In the meantime, enjoy a tiny sample of some Episcopalians who shared their church via #SMS16.

The “Love Hormone” May Increase Positive Feelings of Spirituality

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Oxytocin, a hormone that is associated with feelings of love and contentment and crucial to the mother-newborn bond, may also promote positive feelings of spirituality, according to a new study. Duke University social psychologist Patty Van Cappellen discovered that study participants receiving doses of oxytocin reported more enhanced feelings of spirituality than those who received …

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