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Faith & Scripture

Beyond the literal: Why your Bible is lost in translation and how to find it

Modern translation of the Bible often sacrifices depth for accuracy. We can balance this by looking to the ancient Jewish tradition of Midrash. It encourages a participatory reading of the text that seeks personal transformation rather than just information.

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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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Faith & Scripture

Don’t let blind guides determine your destiny

Religion was meant to connect you back to reality but the rigid legalistic application of it separates us from one another and from the very Source we claim to worship.

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Wisdom & Work

How to destroy the hidden barrier that stops growth

Why cultivating a beginner’s attitude is crucial to learning.

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Rest & Stillness

The ultimate guide to choosing the best presents this Christmas

Finding that perfect present is like finding parking at a busy shopping mall on the weekend before Christmas. It’s more often than not a painful process. The many choice available today in stores and online make finding that special something more difficult. There is however one priceless gift that everyone longs for and needs but […]

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Rest & Stillness

How to accept difficult things that cannot be changed

Acceptance is one of the keys that can help us deal with the pain and suffering we experience.

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The Journey

How to survive when you are in a hard place 

How do you survive when you are caught between a rock and a hard place? When there seems like there is no light at the end of the tunnel or options to choose? How do you keep on moving when the situation stretches from days to weeks and then months? When it seems like the only […]

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Faith & Scripture Wisdom & Work

How can you act decisively when you don’t know it all?

How does one find out the “will of God”? And is there even such a thing?

Consciously or unconsciously we may believe that there is a perfect will of God (or fate) that has been predetermined for each person since his or her birth and our role in life is to discover and fulfil that destiny.

So how does our free-will and decision-making impact our future? Do we have an opportunity to create and chose our future or is it predetermined?

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Wisdom & Work

Learn for free, what you want, when you want

MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses are changing the way we learn. Today world class universities are offering free courses online led by leading faculty members to anyone who has access to the Internet.

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Wisdom & Work

How to become a big and powerful super man

You are either guided by your soul or driven by your ego – The Professor What does it mean to be a “real man”? STRONG, TOUGH and POWERFUL A cross between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone? Or maybe a G.I. Joe and Commando hybrid? Tough as nails, who feels no pain and can take anything […]