Redemption

The Dalai Lama Told Me So -- Words of Wisdom From the 2012 Templeton Prize Winner

Davia Temin | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Stress, Cruelty, $2 Million, Dalai Lama, Despair, Antidote, Templeton Prize, Miracle, St Pauls Cathedral, Evil, Redemption, Existentialism, Compassion, Truth, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Religion News

As I was listening to His Holiness, a question sprung full-blown to my mind: "Can, and if so, how, can those who have lost their compassion, or never had it to begin with, regain it?

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Reunion With Soul: Launching Love Through Your GPS

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: The Love Project: Coming Home, Steve Jobs, Miraculous Demonstration, Bill Courtney, Forwarding Posts, Suicide, Soul Awakening, Outreach, Kindness, The Power of the Web, Good Relations, Redemption, Compassion, Mother Teresa, Everyman, Maxing a Difference, Gandhi, The Cafe, Archives, The Way, GPS for the Soul, Service, Four Cornerstones, Dark Night, Albert Einstein, Gps-Soul, Healthy Living News

Never, ever forget or doubt the difference your GPS makes when you rise above self-doubt or indifference, reclaiming the moment for what needs a voice in your heart.

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Firelight Is Another Inspiring Movie

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Detention Centers, Jr, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Firefighters, Redemption, Cuba Gooding, TV News

Once again we get a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation that has a wonderful true story, a cast that is stronger than most, and an impact that leaves the audience feeling uplifted.

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Drinking the Kool-Aid That Is TEDMED

Diana Nyad | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Swimming, Long-Distance-Swimming, Diana-Nyad-Swim, Tedmed 2011, Diana Nyad, Speech, Redemption, Health, Open Water Swim, Tedmed, Ted 2011, Mindfulness, Ted, Success and Motivation, Video, Health and Fitness News

If you haven't yet sipped the TED Kool-Aid, get yourself a straw. I've been a public speaker for 35 years now but hit the Mt. Everest of conferences when I spoke for the TEDMED group this past October.

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Birthing New Life in the Midst of Despair

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Dreams, Year's End, Ritual, Call to Action, Collective Angst, Augustus, Nativity, Mary, The Story Symbolically, Redemption, Grinch Thoughts, Buddha, Handling the Bad Stuff, Mindfulness, Its a Wonderful Life, Healthy Living News

Our redemption comes from another direction. The first step is to look within, to recognize our own interior "Grinch thoughts" that act as a thief in the night. These self-critical, self-doubting beliefs end up robbing us of our birthright to live freely as we are.

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How the Other Candidates Take Down Gingrich: Freddie Mac, SS, Personal Life

Paul Abrams | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Evangelicals., Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Republican Candidates, Santorum, Gingrich, Redemption, Politics News

Before support for Gingrich coalesces, the other Republican candidates need to bring his campaign down to earth. He has no business being where he i...

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No Redemption for Ex-Offender by Tulane's Law School Students

Anthony Papa | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Law, Law School, Forgiveness, Recidivism, Redemption, Tulane University, Crime, Crime News

For the crime Bruce Reilly committed a life-time ago, he is now going through the ringer because of the stigma brought on by carrying the "scarlet letter" of being an ex-offender.

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Celebrating The Interruption Of Death

Shane Claiborne | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Duane Buck Execution, Duane Buck, Execution, Bible, Interruption of Death, Grace, Christianity, Gospel, Redemption, Death Penalty, Evangelicals, Texas Executions, Dwayne Buck, Religion News

It is this dual conviction that no one is above reproach and that no one is beyond redemption that lies at the heart of our faith. Undoubtedly it's why the early Christians were characterized by non-violence.

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The Help: Redemption, and Genuflecting at the Altar of Ourselves

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Minorities in Books, Literary Themes, Oprah Winfrey, James Frey Oprah, The Help, Minorities in Movies, Novels, Redemption, Sin and Redemption in Literature, Redemption as Literary Theme, Harold Bloom, Books, Fiction, Books News

The Help is a blockbuster that doesn't just redeem its white heroine -- it redeems all of white America right along with her.

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How Do You Solve A Problem Like St. Josemaria?

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Josemaria Escriva, Opus Dei, Saint, Sinner, There Be Dragons, Catholic, Spanish Civil War, Da Vinci Code, Redemption, Roland Joffe, Dan Brown, Catholic Church, Religion News

"There Be Dragons," is an epic period piece set during the Spanish Civil War that tells part of Escriva's back story. But instead of focusing on the would-be saint, the film casts him in a supporting role.

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Sin, Redemption And The Path Of Healing

Becca Stevens | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Prostitution, Women, The Bible, Rape, Thistle Farms, Jesus, Sin, Christianity, Sexual Abuse, Redemption, Domestic Violence, Women's Empowerment, Women's Shelters, Magdalene, Religion News

Jesus through his action and words reminds us all that the issue of morality and culpability lies in our response to suffering and in our ability to love with compassion, not judgment.

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The Dangers of Forgiving Too Easily

Marina Cantacuzino | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Easter, Forgiveness, Redemption, Terry Waite, Charles L Griswold, Archbishop of Canterbury, Remorse, Forgiveness Therapy, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News

It's not fair to expect victims of abuse, rape or torture to turn the other cheek with ease. All too often we sanitize and simplify forgiveness, when in fact it's an arduous, exhausting task.

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I'm A Child Of Urban Ministry, Literally And Spiritually

Christine A. Scheller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Addiction, Urban Ministy, Redemption, Harv Oostdyk, Faith and Family, Urban Faith, Christian Salvation, Christianity, Teen With a Future and Other Stories of God's Power for Teenagers, Religion News

I'm alive today because God used an urban ministry to bring my parents together, and to lead our family to a more dynamic faith.

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The Meaning Of Christmas

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Christianity, Love, Faith, Redemption, Christmas, Boarding School Story, Christmas Story, Meaning of Christmas, Religion News

Here is a story of what Christmas is, or should be. It is also what religion is, or should be about.

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Rooting for Michael Vick to Win the Superbowl

Ray Ivey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Expectations, Motivational Speaker, Motivation, Michael Vick, Redemption, Education News

How can we hope students will be successful if they are surrounded by low expectations? How can we think our Michael Vicks can win the Superbowl or an MVP award if we're not cheering for them to win?

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Jesus and the Son of Scam

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ex-Gay, Son of Sam, New York Times, Born Again, Redemption, David Berkowitz, David Berkowitz Son of Sam, Religion News

Time and again, fundamentalists buy the fantasy that the world's worst reprobates can fundamentally change. It never seems to occur to these credulous Christians that perhaps they are being had by the unusually bad.

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'Soul Of A Citizen': The Redeemable Spark: Reaching Out To People Whose Actions May Appall Us

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Negotiation, El Salvador, Organizing, Apartheid, Mitsubishi, Desmond Tutu, Redemption, Reconciliation, Party Politics, Obama, Republican Party, Books News

When we're building coalitions or negotiating with political opponents, we don't always get to choose our ideal political partners.

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Microcredit Summit in Kenya and Redemption

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jamii Bora, Microcredit, Kenya, Sam Daley-Harris, Ingrid Munro, Financial Crisis, Poor, Microcredit Summit, Redemption, Business News

I now see that the spiritual dimension of microfinance, the redemptive dimension of microfinance as central to my vision for the field. The technical side is important, but only if it serves the transformational dimension.

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What Do Playboy, Jimmy Carter, And Easter Have In Common?

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Playboy Magazine, Jimmy Carter, Easter, Grace, Jesus, Prayer, Redemption, Religion News

The point of Easter is grace. We can't do it by ourselves.

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The Soul of Microfinance: Purpose, Poverty, Pitfalls and Redemption

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poverty, Muhammad Yunus, Microfinancing for Women, Ipo, Sam Daley-Harris, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Microfinance-Summit, Results, Redemption, Ifad, Business News

The following are parts of a recent speech delivered by the head of the Microcredit Summit, Sam Daley-Harris entitled, "Purpose, Poverty, Pitfalls and Redemption."

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Strippers, Sluts and Army Wives

Ruth Fowler | Posted 11.17.2011

I find my home country, the United Kingdom, depressingly antagonistic when it comes to the subject of stripping and strip clubs, but I've always found the US to have a more tolerant and lenient attitude to the legalized sex industry.

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Tiger Woods, Buddhism And Redemption

David Nichtern | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Living News, David Nichtern, Cyndi Lee, Meditation, Salvation, Tiger Woods, Self-Care, Ethan Nichtern, Relationships, Compassion, Buddhism, The Inner Life, Brit Hume, Redemption, Stress, Healthy Living News

It occurred to me that many folks here in the West may not really know much about the Buddhist tradition and what it has to say about redemption, salvation, or anything else for that matter.

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In the Wake of Tiger's Sins, What Matters Most -- Reputation or Reconciliation?

Larry Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Tiger Woods Affair, Tiger Woods, Sin, Faith, Infidelity, Tiger Woods Scandal, Reputation, Redemption, Marriage, Larry Ross, Christmas, Sports News

Anyone who has submitted to the process of recovery on which Tiger seems to have now embarked discovers that they are far better in their brokenness than in their grandiosity.

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My Message of Redemption for Brit Hume

Ellis Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fox News, Christianity, Woods, Brit Hume, Redemption, Tiger Woods, Hume, Media News

Brit Hume, when you worked for Jack Anderson you really were doing the Lord's work. Then, you ended up at Fox News, shilling for warmongers, pandering to corporatists, and disseminating lies practically every darn day.

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An Invitation to Redemption for Joe Wilson and Van Jones

Patty Limerick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Van Jones, Public Servants, Apology, Redemption, Resignation, Civility, You Lie, South Carolina, Center of the American West, University of Colorado, Joe Wilson, Denver News

The American people have an unfortunate habit of taking valuable public servants who have made stupid public statements and forming an instant bucket-brigade to deliver those public servants to the trash heap of history.

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