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The Violinist at the Metro Station
A STORY OF AWARENESS By: Kristof Burm A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the […]
Wandering medicine man deals in cures and hope
Amrit Dhillon February 25, 2012 Omkar Nath provides free medicine.Photo: Amrit Dhilon EVERY day, at an age when most men are curled up in their armchairs, full of sleep, Omkar Nath travels more than 10 kilometres by foot and by bus all over Delhi, begging people to give him their unused or surplus medicines so […]
Happiness: surely that’s not all there is to the meaning of life
ROSS GITTINS February 22, 2012 ‘You could do yourself a mischief trying to live like Dr Pangloss.’ How about the meaning of life? People forget relationships are the core of our wellbeing. FED up with all the wrangling and speculation over who should be leading the Labor Party? Want something more substantial? How about the […]
Ten Irrational Ideas that are responsible for most unhappiness (Albert Ellis)
10 Irrational Beliefs ¢â‚¬“ Albert Ellis by ‘CHRIS’ (September 2007) Albert Ellis, psychologist and psychotherapist, died this August, and since Time Magazine butchered his obituary mercilessly, I thought I ¢â‚¬â„¢d correct it with a myspace bulletin (HA!). Here are his list of ten Irrational Beliefs that are responsible for most unhappiness. He spent his career trying to get people to […]
Loving God Loving Others
Review: Loving God Loving Others: The Jesus Creed for Students by Scot McKnight (and a couple of others), Paraclete Press 2011 In 2006, a gunman entered a one-room Amish school building in Pennsylvania and shot ten schoolchildren, killing five of them before turning the gun on himself. Any person in their right mind would immediately […]
The Church/Porn Connection
by Scott Morgan Awareness ¢â‚¬“ Lust A Hidden Pandemic By the time a person reaches 21 years of age, Barna ¢â‚¬â„¢s research estimates they will have viewed more than 2,000 hours, on average, of pornographic images that reduce the dignity and value of human life. (Barna, 2010, Media Exposure, Addiction). There is no distinction between […]
Guy And A Bucket Of Shrimp
Guy And A Bucket Of Shrimp This is a true story, Hope you appreciate it and want to pass it along. It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembled a giant orange and was starting to dip into the blue ocean. Old Ed came strolling along the beach to his favorite […]
Overcoming Depression
From a friend: Over the last 2 years I have experienced a very significant decrease in the severe depression I had been struggling with for 40 years since adolescence. Prior to 2 years ago I was regularly deeply depressed (in the pits) for days, weeks or months at a time. In the last 2 years […]
The Different Elements of Forgiveness
(Sent by a facebook friend)… Forgiving the small things/daily imperfections in each other or circumstances. Not “sweating the small stuff. ” Forgiving significant hurt and offense against you. Forgiving a persons character failing in an ongoing way without losing yourself. (that is, always accommodating their offenses to you) Making forgiveness the goal of where you […]
Government, Religion and Contraception
— Martin E. Marty ¢â‚¬Å“To hell with you! ¢â‚¬ is the message of the government to churches. So reasoned or charged Pittsburgh Catholic bishop David Zubik last week. He was reflecting on new federal rules that would force employers to include access to contraception (and sterilization) in health-insurance coverage for employees. ¢â‚¬Å“To hell with you! ¢â‚¬ […]
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