Our old gods are dying, and our new ones are yet to be born, so we best be careful asking people about what they believe about God. It isn’t simply that the familiar, conventional (theistic, old-man-in-the-sky, all-powerful, all-knowing god who created the universe, who loves us, judges us, responds to our prayer and guarantees an afterlife) is irrelevant to increasing numbers of people. It’s that this God is actually far more disquieting. I need to come clean and say clearly: There are indeed some days when I do call out and surrender......
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A few weeks back I wrote about how exciting and unnerving it is that, according to a new Pew Report on religion,?institutional religion in America is clearly weakening.?With people mixing, blending and bending their identities – and with spiritual resources increasingly accessible independent of religious institutions and authorities – there are now more Americans religiously unaffiliated than there are members of any denomination! In other words, America’s largest religion is None (or unaffiliated). I suggested that in religion, just as in so many arenas like health, education, music and media, we’re on......
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January 08, 2015
On Wisdom – Irwin Kula with Brad Hirschfield
We recently announced a new video series – On Wisdom – at The Wisdom Daily. On Wisdom will feature interviews with noted innovators in business, the arts, medicine, religion, academia and more. In addition to hosting these inspiring individuals to talk about wisdom with co-founders Brad Hirschfield and Irwin Kula, the two sat down to discuss what wisdom means to them, and how they use it in their daily lives. In the second part of their Q&A together (the first part can be viewed here), Brad interviews Irwin about why he wanted......
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October 23, 2014
On Wisdom – Brad Hirschfield with Irwin Kula
We are excited to announce a new video series – On Wisdom – at The Wisdom Daily. On Wisdom will feature interviews with noted innovators in business, the arts, medicine, religion, academia and more. These inspiring individuals will discuss wisdom with co-founders, Brad Hirschfield and Irwin Kula – what wisdom means to them and how they see it and use it in their daily lives. In this first episode, Irwin interviews Brad about why he wanted to start The Wisdom Daily.” Most people go online to find confirmation of what they already......
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