For Part 1 of this article, see “Viktor Frankl on Meaning through Work.” For Part 2 of this article, see “Viktor Frankl on Meaning through Relationship: It’s All About Love and Understanding.” In the second part of Man’s Search for…
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Viktor Frankl on Meaning through Relationship: It’s All About Love and Understanding
In the second part of Man’s Search for Meaning, psychiatrist and holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl lists three different ways we can find meaning in life: By creating a work or doing a deed By experiencing something or encountering someone By…
Viktor Frankl on Meaning through Work
With over twelve million copies in print worldwide since it was originally published in 1959, Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl, has become a psychological and spiritual classic. In it, Frankl recounts his experiences during three years in Auschwitz…
Personal Transformation: It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over
SuEllen Fried looks more like a grandmother than a group counselor for prisoners. In fact, she is both. In 1980, she began volunteering at Lansing Correctional Facility in Lansing, Kansas. That volunteer work became a lifetime commitment to the inmates.…
Tagged with: It ain't over 'til it's over, Lansing Correctional Facility, personal transformation, prison, prisoners, Reaching Out from Within, recidivism, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, Sue Ellen Fried, SueEllen Fried, SuEllen Fried, the grandmother effect
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
Can Communication and Confrontation be Spiritual?
Confrontation: Handle With Care “I hate you!” “I hate you too!” Ouch! Too many of our “conversations” turn into confrontations, and then degenerate into shouting matches. After it’s all over, neither side feels very good. These battles can be bruising—and…
Tagged with: communication, conflict, confrontation, conversation, love, love your enemies, mutual understanding, relationships, respect, spiritual communication, spirituality
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, Spiritual Growth
World Series Obstruction: Intent or Not Intent, That is the Question?
In a freak ending—a first in World Series history—game three of the 2013 World Series matchup between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals ended with an obstruction call. Here’s the official definition of “obstruction” from the Major…
Tagged with: Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, evil, Jim Joyce, Major League Baseball, obstruction, obstruction call, obstruction rule, sin, spirituality, St. Louis Cardinals, Will Middlebrooks, World Series 2013
Posted in Sports and Recreation
Posted in Sports and Recreation
Secrets of Heaven, by Emanuel Swedenborg
What are the stories in Genesis about? Was the world really created in six days, or is there some deeper meaning? What about Adam and Eve? Noah and the Ark? How can we believe these stories in the first few…
Tagged with: Adam and Eve, Creation, Emanuel Swedenborg, Genesis, Noah, Noah and the Ark, Secrets of Heaven, spiritual meaning, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in Books and Literature
Posted in Books and Literature
Suffering, Struggle, and Hope: The Example of Ismail Khalif Abdulle
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. —Helen Keller, in a 1903 article titled “Optimism.” The Al-Shabaab terror group made headlines last month with its horrific massacre at the Westgate shopping…
Tagged with: Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, cross-amputation, Harstad Norway, Helen Keller, hope, Ismail Khalif Abdulle, Kenya, pain, Somalia, struggle, suffering, violence
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering
Tobias Bass and the Far-Reaching Power of Childhood Love
Tobias Bass had a problem. He wanted to run a 5K race with his older brother Titus, and he didn’t see how he could do it. You see, Titus has cerebral palsy. He can’t walk. And the boys’ single mom,…
Tagged with: Amanda Taylor, cerebral palsy, childhood experiences, children, handicapped children, jogging stroller, Kelly Ogle, KWTV News9, love, Oklahoma City, spirituality, Titus Bass, Tobias Bass
Posted in Current Events
Posted in Current Events
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