God

Am I My Brother's Keeper?

John Morton | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living


John Morton

Our feelings towards our brothers or sisters aren't truly about anybody or anything against us. Ultimately, our experience of loving our enemies reveals how we are with loving ourselves.

Confidence and How to Get Some with a Little Help from the Gods

Agapi Stassinopoulos | Posted 04.16.2009 | Living


Agapi Stassinopoulos

To create what we want in our lives, we must breathe in confidence and exhale those insecurities that undermine us.

Is my Google More Powerful than your God?

Lisa and Michael Littman | Posted 04.16.2009 | Living


Lisa and Michael Littman

Wireless access to Google's massive database of humanity's wisdom, hopes and fears can feel a lot like communing with something omnipresent and omniscient.

Korn Bassist Fieldy Off Drugs, On To Christ

AP | MARGIE SZAROLETA, Associated Press Writer | Posted 04.13.2009 | Entertainment


CHICAGO - The members of Korn are about to get a big apology from one of their own -- and you can read it along with them. Bassist Fieldy has release...

Are You Surrounded With Authentic Communities? Explore 7 Possibilities

Kari Henley | Posted 04.01.2009 | Living


Kari Henley

Welcome. I am so glad you joined us. Please, settle in and get cozy. I want to talk about 'community,' something the Living Section is becoming very ...

Evolution, Global Warming, Doomsday and the Afterlife

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green


Patrick Takahashi

The majority of Americans believe in both creationism and an afterlife, the potential of some sort of religious doom, and think they are not causing global warming,

The Atheist Bus Campaign: Why it's Okay to Offend the Religious

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living


Ali A. Rizvi

What do the holy books -- which billions believe contain the indisputable word of God -- say about non-believers or those who question religion?

Kurt Warner Draws God

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.01.2009 | Comedy


Arizona Cardinals Quarter Back and Evangelic Christian, Kurt Warner, drew his image of God for the upcoming documentary "God in a Box." He explains th...

An Appeal to Zeus: Returning to Secular Politics

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

For the first 180 years of existence, the United States never included god in its motto, on its currency, or in any document creating the republic.

Partnering with God in Tough Times

John Morton | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living


John Morton

Some years ago, I chose to take a vow of poverty and focus my life on being of service. I gave up my material concerns as I had known them. I no longer owned anything.

Midwinter Options: When You Can't Find Peace Without, Choose Peace Within

Jason Mannino | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living


Jason Mannino

I ran into a friend at the gym last week. Originally from Switzerland, he has been living in Los Angeles for 20 years. Ten years ago he and his partne...

The God Series, Part III -- Belief & False Beliefs

Larry Beinhart | Posted 02.07.2009 | Living


Larry Beinhart

When we hear or use the words "belief" and "believe," we tend to jump to the top of the chain of complexity. However, belief, as a psychological mechanism, is much simpler.

The Separation of Church and God

John DeBellis | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics


John DeBellis

I'm not a religious man. What you consider prayer, I consider covering all my bases, or at worst talking to myself (and I know I'm not God, just look at my stack of unpaid bills).

The Vague God of Your Understanding is Good Enough

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living


Lisa Earle McLeod

People say there are no atheists in a foxhole. I would also say there aren't too many atheists during an economic collapse.

Heathens Stealing Christmas?

Doon Baqi | Posted 01.28.2009 | Living


Doon Baqi

Happy Holidays is a safe bet. It does not mean Christmas has been stolen. It just acknowledges that not everyone that hears it or reads the signs or sees the commercials is a Christian.

Christians: Send Your Jewish Friends "Thank You for Christmas" Greeting Cards

Katie Halper | Posted 01.26.2009 | Living


Katie Halper

I would like to give birth to a new holiday tradition. Forget the happy Hanukkah cards. How about thank you notes?

A Pele Christmas: An Encounter with a True Meaning of the Holiday

Kelly Carlin-McCall | Posted 01.25.2009 | Living


Kelly Carlin-McCall

As I sat Christmas morning meditating as the dawn broke here in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean over Hawaii, I was struck by the many faces of the Ultimate Unknown/Known Otherness that were presented to me.

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?

A Failure of Morality

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

Bush exploits our lands and pollutes our air and drills offshore because he believes he has a god-given right to resource extraction. That is immoral.

3 Ways to Get Self-Centered For The Holidays

Jason Mannino | Posted 01.19.2009 | Living


Jason Mannino

When we think "self-centered," unpleasant images often come to mind; but it becomes important in the context of self-actualization to distinguish SELF...

The (Liberal) Faith of George W. Bush

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics


Paul Raushenbush

George Bush revealed that his approach to the bible, evolution and to other religions has more in common with liberal protestants than with his fundamentalist political amen corner.

An Open Letter to God from the Dinosaurs: Delay Evolution!

Rick Smith | Posted 01.11.2009 | Style


Rick Smith

Dear God: The pterodactyls suggested a few million years ago that we consider moving south where it's warmer, so we soon plan to form a committee.

The God Series: Because Religion Is the Battleground of the 21st Century

Larry Beinhart | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics


Larry Beinhart

What is it about faith that made it suddenly re-emerge as the driving force in American politics and in the politics of the Islamic countries?

Dreaming of the Divine

Anne Hill | Posted 01.03.2009 | Living


Anne Hill

Using dreams for personal insight and career guidance is becoming increasingly popular, with the rise in dream groups and peer-based dream consulting.

Love the Victims, Loathe their Killers

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 01.01.2009 | Living


Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

What blow against Western decadence were the terrorists in Mumbai striking by targeting a Chabad House whose entire purpose it is to spread spirituality to people whose lives lack it?