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What Happens to Your Brain When You Worship?

What Happens to Your Brain When You Worship?

Thursday, July 16, 2026
For most of Christian history, worship was understood as a spiritual discipline — something that shapes the soul, not the synapses. Singing hymns, praying daily, orienting life toward God: these practices were thought to form character, deepen faith, cultivate peace. What nobody expected was that they might also, quite literally, change the structure of the…