In the latest viral video, a 19-year-old named Chris Strickland deftly catches a baby falling out of a shopping cart. It happened—all nine seconds of it—at a Home Depot store in Anchorage, Alaska. Here’s the article about it in the…
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Creation vs. Evolution: Can We All Just Calm Down, Please?
This just viral: a fourth grade science quiz. Normally, grade school science quizzes are not that interesting. But when the correct answer to the true/false question “The earth is billions of years old” is “false,” that gets people’s attention. As…
Tagged with: atheism, Christianity, Creation, Creationism, evolution, fundamentalism, Lawrence Krauss, neighbor, religion, science, service, the Bible, young Earth creationism
Posted in Current Events, Science Philosophy and History
Posted in Current Events, Science Philosophy and History
Money Can’t Buy Happiness . . . But Service Can
It’s a commonplace that money can’t buy you happiness. Studies show that people who win big in the lottery end out no happier than if they didn’t win. Razan Shalab Al-Sham had plenty of money. She grew up as the…
Tagged with: happiness, money, National Public Radio, NPR, Razan Shalab Al-Sham, service, spirituality, Syria, Syrian revolution, Syrian uprising, the lottery, war, wealth
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business
Invest in Kindness: Reap a 5,000% Return!
One fine day a couple of months ago (as I write this), Billy Ray Harris, a homeless man in Kansas City, Missouri, was sitting in his usual spot panhandling passersby for small change. It seemed like a fairly usual day…
Tagged with: Bill Krejci, Billy Ray Harris, God, heaven, Kansas City, money, neighbor, return on investment, ROI, service, spirituality, Susan Darling
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business
Self-Esteem is Made to be Broken
Megan Thode believes that Lehigh University owes her a B. When instead she received a C+ in a class critical to her intended career as a professional counselor, she challenged the grade through the usual university channels. She even called…
Tagged with: children, emotional intelligence, God, Lehigh University, love, Megan Thode, neighbor, psychology, self-esteem, self-image, service, spiritual rebirth, spirituality
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
Our Wish for You: Finding Happiness from Within
Our wish for you this Christmas is that you may find true happiness and joy. Happiness does not have to be dependent on your physical environment. Happiness can be yours whatever your external circumstances may be, as these pictures of…
Tagged with: children, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, happiness, joy, love, natural disasters, service, spirituality, the Bible, work
Posted in Spiritual Growth
Posted in Spiritual Growth
What if people actually did what Jesus says to do?
There are a lot of “Christians” running around saying that in order to be a Christian, you have to believe this or you have to believe that. Now, don’t get me wrong. Beliefs are important. But let’s listen to how…
Tagged with: Balpreet Kaur, business, Christianity, faith, Jackie Braun, Jesus Christ, Larry DePrimo, love, service, Sikhism, spirituality, the Bible, work
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Current Events, Spiritual Growth
You Cannot Serve both God and Money
Here is a comment that jesusandthebible made on my article, “Is Wealth a Blessing or a Curse?” So you can love God and mammon, as long as your heart and character are right? But if your heart loves mammon–as well…
Tagged with: business, God, love, money, neighbor, poverty, service, spirituality, the Bible, wealth, you cannot serve God and mammon, you cannot serve God and money, you cannot serve two masters
Posted in Money and Business, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Money and Business, The Bible Re-Viewed
Is Wealth a Blessing or a Curse?
As I write this, John McAfee is on the lam. Yes, the founder of antivirus software giant McAfee Inc. has now apparently been classified as a human “virus” by the police in the small Central American country of Belize, where…
Tagged with: business, evil, John McAfee, Joshua Davis, money, poverty, service, sex, spirituality, the Bible, wealth
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business
How Do I Love My Neighbor?
What does it mean to love my neighbor? Jesus said, “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39). But what is love? And who is the neighbor? Though love may seem like some sort of vague emotion, it is really the…
Tagged with: community, God, Jesus Christ, love, mercy, neighbor, punishment, service, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in Spiritual Growth
Posted in Spiritual Growth
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