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Mortality
“Stop fighting us Mr. Cann, we’re doing all we can to keep you alive.” I don’t remember this admonishment—I’d just barreled head first into a minivan on my bicycle—a hospital resident told me the story...
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The Rapper J. Cole Knows More About Meditation Than He Thinks He Does
This episode is about how the rapper J. Cole seems to know more about meditation than he thinks he does. You’ll hear how he describes meditation, what makes it different than prayer, and a powerful...
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Karma and the Prayer Hack!
Growing up in India, talk of Karma was all around me. “You reap what you sow,” I would hear people say. I grew into adulthood believing that I needed to do good deeds to get good results later in my...
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Indonesia: Should Mosques Lower Prayer Volume?
— By Agung Harsya In a speech delivered during the national congress of the Indonesian Board of Mosques (DMI) last week, Vice President Boediono sparked a debate when he suggested that mosques should...
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Hidden Talents
Sometimes, people give gifts to other people that may not necessarily be the best choice for the recipient. The thought may be completely generous and well-intentioned, but sometimes the gift and the...
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Joel Osteen on Coronavirus, Kanye West and Keeping the Faith
In these uncertain times, we can all do our part to raise the vibration of this planet and initiate collective healing on a mass scale, and that goes beyond our first responders in the medical and...
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George Abraham –‘An Ode To Fighting Over the Check’ [Video]
By Button Poetry . . George Abraham, performing at Honey in Minneapolis. Transcript provided by YouTube: 00:02 – An ode to fighting over the check 00:04 with my freaking Arabs. 00:05 (audience...
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Why I Seriously Need Advent This Year
I hate people. No, seriously. I do. OK, maybe I don’t hate people so much as I really hate how much negative crap people manage to spew into the world. Maybe I’m just over reading about all the bad...
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Franny Choi – Prayer for the Untranslated Testimony [Video]
By Button Poetry . . Franny Choi, performing at Button Poetry Live, January 2019. Transcript provided by YouTube: 00:02 At midnight, I am sitting on my back steps, 00:06 looking at the leaves and...
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A Labyrinth in the Midst of Chaos
I never thought of myself as a Labyrinth kind of guy. For those of you not familiar with a labyrinth, let me take a brief moment to explain. You’ve likely seen photos of them, perhaps you’ve even...
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How We Pray for Strength, Wisdom, Kindness & Bravery
I’m not a saint or a literal interpreter of any sacred text, (I’m just a designer of the best diaper bag for dads.) I don’t take the Bible literally. I’m raising my kids as church-goers so I do hear...
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Gratitude Is Making Me Into the Friend I’ve Always Wanted To Be
I didn’t grow up religious, but I’ve recently fallen in love with saying a little prayer before meals. Not a prayer, really. Some words of gratitude. For the food itself. For who picked the...
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The Loving Kindness Prayer
In the Buddhist tradition, we have a text called the Metta Sutta, or loving kindness scripture. In my own Buddhist teaching, I developed a short prayer based on this text, that goes like this: May each...
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Varieties of the Spiritual
We are lived by powers we pretend to understand W.H. Auden Have you ever had an experience where you sensed you were in the presence of God? I’m guessing the answer might be yes, but perhaps you’ve...
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How Do I Pray?
A reader of mine recently emailed and asked a significant question. “How do I pray?” It’s a question worth answering. The problem is there is no easy answer. We each need to find our own way. Perhaps...
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Finding Home
I paused and felt my thumping heart It was beating particularly louder And I felt I was back to the start I loved, I lost and then again tried harder I deduced it was all a zero sum game Yet, put my...
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Why You Should Pray Even if You Don’t Believe in God
“Alright!” Said the scrawny-looking teenager. “I’ll make a deal with you.” He threw me a basketball. “If you can go back and shoot a hoop from halfway, then I’ll come to church.” Once upon a time, I...
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Prayers For Strength: A Guide to Finding Hope and Courage in Tough Times
— Times of difficulty and hardship are a part of life. No one is immune to tough times – not even the strongest person. When we find ourselves in the midst of a trial, it can be difficult to find hope...
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Ways to Pray When Words Fail You
Prayer is usually perceived to be words. Words that you speak with your voice, words that you whisper or cry out within the confines of your heart, words that you memorize and reflect on for comfort. I...
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Sometimes It’s Okay to Not Have a Solution
Sometimes when a variety of discouraging things are happening at once in my life, I simultaneously make happy thoughts a priority yet also lose them or perhaps more accurately lose how happy they make...
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