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A World of Meditation: Contemplative Practices From Many Faiths

Related Topics: Holistic Living, Guided Meditations, Meditation, Practice, Mind, MEDITATION MENU, MINDFULNESS KABBALAH MANTRA, Prayer, ROSARY CHAKRA, SUFI INSIGHT, Insight, Chakra meditations

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How Asthma Healed My Heart

My journey to healing meant confronting some fears, saying some prayers, and learning to love my dog again.

Related Topics: Health, Asthma, Dog, health altar, Traditional Medicine, Life, health crisis turned healing experience, nature doing weddings, Heart, asthma medications

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Drunken Sobriety

Why millions continue to use the traditional liturgy to worship God.

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A Hindu Bar Mitzvah

When does a Hindu boy become a man? Like a bar mitzvah, a ceremony happens--with father passing on a secret mantra to his son.

Related Topics: Faiths, Hinduism, Ceremony, Family, religious nature, Peer Pressure, sons ears, thread, boys family, tremendous learning experience, Goddess, boys father

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Ira Glass and Other Human-Sized People

Ira Glass, the man behind NPR's 'This American Life,' talks about storytelling as a powerful way to create empathy.

Related Topics: Entertainment, Tv, Story, dont, religious people, Radio, aircraft carrier, Therapist, Radio Show, ideal conversion moment, Religious, peoples situations

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Archive: Family

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Forgiving the Unforgivable

I knew I couldn't ask God to love me if I was unwilling to love His children. But what if they were trying to kill me?

Related Topics: Inspiration, Christian Inspiration, God, killers, pastors bedroom, Heart, childs innocent soul, terrible harm theyd, Child, killers leaving, time breathing, doesnt save liars

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My Son & Lord Murugan

How a visit to India helped a young boy (and budding atheist) make his peace with my daily worship.

Related Topics: Faiths, Hinduism, Child, Hair, birth hair, childs birth hair, mahar, childs hair, Birth, minds screen, Mother, Road Trip

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Go Ahead-Read That Book in Shul

There's a not-so-secret High Holidays habit that's growing in popularity: bringing outside reading material to services.

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