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Category Archives: How to Know God
How to Know God
“I want to know the mind of God,” said Einstein. Me, too. But, for much of my adult life, knowing God, knowing mind, or feeling connected to something grander than myself escaped me, eluded, even evaded me. Then, one day, … Continue reading
What Elizabeth Gilbert, Jesus, and the Buddha can teach you about prayer
She says it’s her favorite book ever. And, lately, all my wife talks about is seeing the movie version of Eat, Pray, Love, starring Julia Roberts. So, I finally decided to check it out for myself. Continue reading
Eat, Pray, Love Many Gods: Why Elizabeth Gilbert’s book inspired so many to find God off the beaten path
It made little sense to me why my wife would hide Eat, Pray, Love in the nightstand beside our bed. So, when I decided to see what all the fuss was about, I reasoned, “No need to buy a copy since there’s a perfectly good one in the nightstand beside our bed.” Continue reading
Finding God after Leaving Religion
Thirty-four million Americans have given up on organized religion, according to the most recent American Religious Identification Survey. Yet, for many of these dropouts – from churches, from synagogues, temples and so on – spirituality is still a vital part of their lives. Continue reading
Why have millions left organized religion, but are still interested in spirituality?
There is in everyone the longing to know intimacy with the Divine. The only difference between people—all people—is that a few are aware of this longing, while most are not. For those who are not, life is a constant challenge, … Continue reading
Enoch Walked with God: If He Did, So May We
Enoch is the human archetype of the sacred art of knowing God. History records the myths and legends of persons who lived at a level of God-consciousness never realized by the majority of their contemporaries. A few of them are … Continue reading
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The Myth of Your “Calling” in Life: How to Know What You Really Showed Up to Do
Our culture has confused people, and continues to do so, in this regard. For example, what young person does not grow up expecting that there is something special they are here to do and that their greatest life challenge, or … Continue reading
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Tagged Calling, career, enoch, enoch factor, fulfillment, Happiness, joy, knowing god, life, myth of your calling in life
How To Be Happy: The Culprit in Virtually All Human Unhappiness
Robert Louis Stephenson once wrote: “I have a little shadow who goes in and out with me; and what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, How to Know God, Spirituality
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How To Know God
Religions have failed humanity. So has the religion, Christianity. While they start out right, they end up wrong. I’m a Christian theologian and much of what I see in the Christian church today, across all denominational lines, is nothing short of insane. If you want to know how to know God, the church is very possibly the last place you ought to look. Continue reading
