Belief

A Visit With Bill Lobdell, Author of Losing My Religion

Mark Joseph | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media


Mark Joseph

For years Bill Lobdell covered religion for the LA Times and if his experience is any guide, spending too much time poking around the underbelly of American religion can be lethal to one's faith.

The Four Noble Truths

Noah Levine | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living


Noah Levine

The Buddha taught that life by its very nature is unsatisfactory, that some level of difficulty exists for all unenlightened beings in creation.

The Four Noble Truths of the Revolutionary Path to Freedom

Noah Levine | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living


Noah Levine

The first teachings the Buddha gave after his enlightenment were the four noble truths. This giving of the truths is often referred to as the setting in motion of the wheel of Dharma.

The Power of Belief

Gail Lynne Goodwin | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living


Gail Lynne Goodwin

In a time of such turmoil, it's easy to lose faith in our dreams and go into survival mode instead of taking that next step when success seems improbable if not impossible.

Waldman: Still Not Getting It...

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


Jodi Jacobson

If women have true choices, increased access to and support for adoption services will not dramatically affect the rate of abortions.

Seeing is Believing and Believing is Seeing

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living


Lee Schneider

There are those who believe beliefs can manifest into things, that action and thought are entangled.

Spirituality ≠ Belief

Dean Sluyter | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living


Dean Sluyter

Awareness is like space; everything else comes and goes within it like wind. Even the most violent wind can't make the space less spacious.

The God Series, Part II: Looking at God

Larry Beinhart | Posted 01.22.2009 | Living


Larry Beinhart

If we start with belief in a meaningful, beneficent, all powerful God, this is the root question: Why won't God make himself clear?