The 5 Best Books I Read This Year (and 27 More)
Here is a list of the books I read in 2015, both fiction and non-fiction. I've included some highly recommended titles, many others worth your time, and a few reads…
We are More Than Our Greatest Success or Worst Failure
Frank Sinatra will forever be remembered for the song My Way, even though he hated it. The same thing happens to celebrities and politicians all the time as one song,…
The Risk Worth Taking (by Christina Hubbard)
In this touching guest post, US writer Christina Hubbard shares her risky experiment of bringing estranged family members together for Christmas at her home. "What I feared was our history…
057 The Resilient Life [Keynote Talk]
It's easy to feel insignificant in a world that values power and popularity. It's easy to feel weak in a world with so much violence. In this keynote talk I…
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The famous words of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount have been quoted by presidents, chanted by activists, pondered by theologians, and shouted by rock stars. But if they’re to manifest…
Redeeming Generation X
Cynical, nihilist, commitment-phobic, dispassionate. Perhaps no age-group in history has had more negative labels attached to it than Generation X: that often ignored 'middle child' generation between the Baby Boomers…
I Want to Know You Better. Please Take My Short Survey
I want my blog and podcast to serve you well. To do that, I'd love to know a little more about you! Would you mind spending a few minutes filling…
056 Radical Islam is Filling a Spiritual Void, But There’s an Even More Radical Alternative
According to research, most French Islamists come from non-religious families. They are former secularists who are drawn into jihadist religion searching for meaning and purpose for their lives and a…
055 What ‘Turn the Other Cheek’ Means (and Doesn’t) in an Age of Terrorism
The stories come almost every day: terror groups like ISIS destroying lives and using every form of intimidation to get implement their radical vision for the world. How should we…
What a Cold Pint of Beer Can Tell Us About God
I've never had much of a taste for beer. I know some see beer as such a societal menace, it's not worth talking about too. But keep this in mind:…