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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
Describe your “spiritual awakening,” as you call it.
It was a Sunday afternoon. I had not gone to church that day. In fact, I had not gone to church with any regularity for years. I was reclining on the living room couch, watching with the left hemisphere of … Continue reading
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What inspired your book, The Enoch Factor?
I was with my father in the ICU the moment he died. When he did, something died in me, too. Although I had been a minister all my adult life and had counseled others in times of overwhelming sadness and … Continue reading
The Day I Woke Up, Became Enlightened, Was Transformed, Awakened: I'm not Sure What to Call It
It was an instantaneous awakening, transformation, spiritual enlightenment. I’ve never found the right word to describe it but what happened to me on that Sunday afternoon transformed my experience of life in ways that defy explanation. Continue reading
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