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The Journey

The Guardian Angels You Don’t Choose

In January 2014, we landed in Canberra with two boys, seven bags and suitcases, and a plan that made sense on paper. But I was wrong about how this one would go.

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Mind, Media & Meaning

WARNING: The media you use daily, reshapes your reality

Media has a profound influence on our attention and worldview. The medium shapes the message and in turn our reality.

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Mind, Media & Meaning

Our attention shapes who we become

Our attention is never neutral. It is always training us, shaping our perception, values, emotions, and sense of self.

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Culture & the Sacred

Why we want what others have (and why it leads to chaos)

Human desire is imitative, imitation breeds rivalry, rivalry produces scapegoats, and modern societies, while claiming to defend victims, risk endlessly creating new ones.

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Rest & Stillness

Japanese principles for mindful living

These Japanese principles for mindful living deeply resonated with me. They are simple, yet profound, pointing toward something I believe is missing today: a deeper, more grounded way of living. This is an invitation to explore further.

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Faith & Scripture Mind, Media & Meaning

The eye as the lamp of the body

How Jesus illuminates the frame problem and our search for meaning

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Culture & the Sacred

God is not dead

If you have been celebrating the death of the Divine One, you may be in for a surprise because God is not dead. He has morphed into a variety of new secular religions.

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Mind, Media & Meaning

Elephant in the room

When we choose to accept easy solutions to complex problems, we ignore the elephant room.

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Mind, Media & Meaning

Why believing is seeing

Our perception and beliefs shape what we see and determine how we respond to people and events we encounter. Our thoughts determine our future.

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The Self & Its Shadow

Do. Or do not. There is NO try.

Don’t be afraid of failure. It is not final but a natural part of the learning process.