Tag: spirituality

spirituality

Poverty is a Sin!

Somoen you know is a professional victim. (Hopefully it’s not you.) Maybe you know a few. Professional victims have drama and trauma “happen” to them constantly. The hurricane blows their roof off, the company they work for goes bust, they get a bad medical diagnosis, their lover cheats on them, their dog dies, and a meteorite lands on their pool deck. Then, next week, the dynamic repeats all over again.
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Tithing, Karma, and Payback

One of the fascinating beliefs of religion is the notion of how the actions you take (or don’t) influence the response you receive from the world around you.  In the Bible there are unforgiving examples such as “an eye for an eye,” and beautiful ones such as the concept of tithing.  Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Taoism, and Sikhism all speak of karma. 
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Are You a God-Fearing Person? 

It’s fascinating how different people can look at the same concept and see two wildly different things.  Take the concept of fearing god.  You don’t hear it as much today (thankfully), but when I was growing up people would vouch for someone’s character by saying things like “He’s a God-fearing man.” 
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Obeying God

Last week I did a series of five posts about our need for deep questions, and things that challenge us.  One of them was about how religion can cloud your future.  It ignited a fascinating discussion.  But one question that arose really intrigued me…