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May.20.2013
Maybe you don’t have any trouble with your thoughts, but I do. Thoughts pop into my mind without my permission faster than a mosquito bites my skin on a sweltering summer afternoon. And, equally without my permission.
Descartes, father of modern philosophy, pointed to both the distinguishing...
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May.19.2013
I was born with a “W H Y” chromosome which is why I’ve been asking questions all my life. Unfortunately, many religious people are threatened whenever you question faith. But, my own opinion is, until you question your faith, you have no faith.
Yes, of course, you may have beliefs. And, many...
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May.17.2013
This article is currently featured in the Huffington Post. If you would like to read it there, follow the attached link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-mcswain/the-madness-that-must-end-among-christians_b_3292143.html?utm_hp_ref=religion
The Dalai Lama is coming to Louisville this Sunday...
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May.14.2013
How do I know when I am advancing on the spiritual path? What is a “sign” of spiritual maturity?
I would answer that question as many spiritual teachers like Jesus did when questioned…with a question of my own.
Must everyone believe as you believe in order to accepted by you?
Must you insist that...
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May.03.2013
To those who know me, it is no surprise that I was born with a WHY chromosome.
Because I was so fortunate as to travel the world during my teen years…those highly impressionable years…I’ve seen things, heard things, experienced things that became fertile soil to my many questions.
I was raised in a...
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Apr.30.2013
On the Pathway…But, To Where?
It’s today’s buzzword, isn’t it? Pathway…Journey…People speak quite frequently these days about being on the path…or, on the journey.
But, to where?
For some Christians, it is a journey to heaven.
Really? Is that the point of this life? Just to endure it to make it...
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Apr.28.2013
On Heaven and Hell
Here are a few reflections on the plane this afternoon, as I traveled home from a speaking gig at a wonderful workshop with a hundred nice folks in Jacksonville, Florida.
Spiritual reflections on heaven and hell. Which ought to be fun for some to read and, for others of you, this...
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Apr.26.2013
The question: Is there a sin God will not forgive? What did Jesus mean by these words?
In Mark 3:28-29, Jesus says, “I promise you that any of the sinful things you say or do can be forgiven, no matter how terrible those things are. But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be...
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Apr.21.2013
“Doubt is no more disbelief than questions are compromise” (from, The Enoch Factor: The Sacred Art of Knowing God).
Until you question your faith, you have no faith. It is true, however, you might have beliefs. But there is a chasm of difference between a believing person and a person of...
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Apr.19.2013
I need your help. Take four mins and watch my video – I’ve launched a time-sensitive project and I’m inviting you to take part in it. Watch the video here but, better yet, go directly to theINDIEGOGO site and watch it there.
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/interfaith-peace-project/x/310109?c...
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Apr.18.2013
This article first appeared on the Huffington Post. Read it here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-mcswain/america-sucks_b_3109063.html
"America Sucks!"
Those were the words written on the subway wall.
Disappointment. Frustration. Fearfulness. Sums up the "state of affairs" in America, uh...
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Apr.16.2013
Dr. Christiane Northrup says, "The things that make us weep contain something we need to know about."
On this day, I, like you, weep for Boston, Newtown, Aurora, Oslo, Bagdad and countless other places on earth where violence and bloodshed cover the hills, valleys, mountains, streets and streams of...
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Apr.12.2013
Do You Seek God? And yet, no matter how hard you try, you do not feel as if you can quite make it with God?
I understand. Which is why I write so much and so often about this. I have struggled most of my life looking for God…longing for God…but only occasionally ever feeling close...
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Apr.05.2013
Nepo says that when he was young he talked fast and loud.
Sometimes, I still do.
What he did not realize until much later in life is that “I kept talking faster and louder to the world around me because I couldn’t hear the world within me.”
A profound sutra.
When I read those words, I...
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You were born to walk with God, so why would you walk alone?”
—The Enoch Factor: The Sacred Art of Knowing God
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