Personal Energy Management
(Loyola University Press)

Personal Energy Management offers a Christian alternative to quick-fix time and stress management books and superficial personal empowerment programs. It emphasizes core human values and long-term growth rather than immediate, fleeting results.

The book is divided into three sections:
Personal Energy Management Principles, Practices, and Mismanagement Patterns.

"P" principles discussed include philosophy, prayer, providence, perspective, poise, purpose, perseverance, and prudence.

"P" practices include prioritizing, pace, patterns, patience, presence, persuasion, and phone management.
       
Mismanagement Patterns include procrastination, perfectionism, punctuality, and leisure time.

The book also contains extensive self-knowledge and discernment exercises and guidelines.

The companion piece to Personal Energy Management is a personal organizer known as The Personal Energy Manager Rainbow Planner. It contains personal, professional, and family forms, and is a personal and professional development tool as well as a personal organizer. It is ideal for persons who want structure without scrupulosity.

Planning Forms include a Project /​ Ideas /​ Mission Tracker, Monthly Calendar, Business Tasks and Activities List, Personal /​ Family Planner and Honey-Do List, Weekly Planner, and Daily Planner. 
        
Team and Communication Forms include a Meeting Planner, Telephone Conversation Planner, and a Telephone Log. 

Personal and Family Forms include a Little Victories Log, Discernment and Decision Worksheet, Energizers, Drainers, and Restorers Worksheet, 24 Hours a Day Time-Line, Balancing Home and Work Planner, and Schedule S(h)ifting Sanity Sheet.
       
A cassette tape explaining how to use the Rainbow Planner for optimum benefit is also available.
For details, contact Genesis Center at the email address karlaschultz@​juno.com or call (412) 766-7545.

Selected Works

Biblical Spirituality
Becoming Community: Biblical Meditations and Applications in Modern Life
"Becoming Community" contains meditations on biblical texts on community and interpersonal relations and draws parallels with contemporary challenges. Using lectio divina, the reader is drawn into a dialogue with the text, themselves, others, and God.
Bearing the Unbearable: Coping with Infertility and Other Profound Suffering
Using the process and framework of lectio divina, we reflect on the infertility stories of the Bible in light of contemporary experiences of infertility, and their experience on individuals and marriages.
The How-To Book of the Bible (OSV, $13.95)
The most unique and practical introduction to the Bible on the market
Nourished by the Word (Ave Maria Press, $10.95)
A Dialogue on Lectio Divina with Fr. Andrew Campbell, O.S.B., Ph.D.
Journaling with Moses and Job (St. Paul Books, $11.95)
How to journal with the Bible using lectio divina
Where is God When You Need Him?: Sharing Stories of Suffering with Job and Jesus (Alba House, 184 pp., $9.95)
A reflective application of the book of Job to personal suffering in the modern world
Lectio Divina
Pope Paul VI: Christian Virtues and Values
"Pope Paul VI" contains highlights of the pope's teaching on pivotal subjects during his pontificate, while also discussing his life, legacy, and ongoing relevance.
How to Pray with the Bible: The Ancient Prayer Form of Lectio Divina Made Simple (Our Sunday Visitor)
An accessible and stimulating explanation of lectio divina (prayerful reading of the Bible with our whole selves)
Christian Self-Help
Personal Energy Management (Loyola University Press, 152 pp., $11.95)
A spirituality-based, holistic, values-oriented approach to time management
Calming the Stormy Seas of Stress (St. Mary’s Press, 94 pp., $8.95)
Calming reflections and guidelines on transforming personal, professional, and family stress into growth and healing.