How do you make peace? From making peace in our families to resolving the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, making peace often feels like an impossible and unreachable goal. But is it? ...

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Did you see the DreamWorks film, Prince of Egypt? In it there's a scene when the Israelites are leaving Egypt, set to the beautiful song When You Believe. This morning, in every synagogue in the world, the Exodus story is being chanted as a central practice of the Passover holiday inviting people to experience the "miracle of being redeemed" - of moving from slavery to freedom. ...

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From Odyssey Network's Faith on the Record video series: The American Bible Society and Barna Group just released...

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If there is one thing religion has historically been good at and its clergy and institutions used for it is death management. Well, these days with "None" the fastest growing religious identification - more than 20% of all Americans and more than 30% of those under 32 years of age so identified - it shouldn't be surprising that close to 30% of all funerals in America happen without any clergy....

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Are we fast-becoming a culture of victims, endlessly seeking new grievances and hurts in order to define ourselves? Or, are we simply becoming increasingly and appropriately sensitive to the impact of our words upon others? A key to unlocking that puzzle may be found in conversations popping up all over the place about something called Microaggression. Don't know that is? Neither did I until a...

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