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Religious leaders are spiritual chefs

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

Spiritual leaders do for the soul what restaurant chefs do for the stomach. And it is no accident that mental learning and physical eating can share similar terms—like ruminating, swallowing whole, chewing on something or tasting something. The word appetite … Continue reading →

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The lost message of Christmas

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

Through the years various voices have complained about the way Christmas has lost its original message—deteriorating from people being thankful towards the Lord being born on earth to that of shallow and mindless consumerism. The Advent of the Lord has … Continue reading →

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You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink it.

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

Almost everyone in America has heard this phrase. And, almost everyone sees it as representing wise advice, highly relevant to human life. In other words, its message is not literal (with only horse owners in mind) but rather, is a … Continue reading →

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Swedenborg’s Triple Discovery

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

Emanuel Swedenborg, as a scientist, discovered that all things and processes, on all scales, proceeded by the same rules. In this way, he provided a model for how all laws and phenomena in the universe could be grasped as being … Continue reading →

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The “debt ceiling” is like an alien parasite from outer space

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

For me, some of the most frightening horror flicks to ever come out of Hollywood are those where alien invaders grow and mature inside human bodies. I believe that the psychical power of these themes comes from the fact that … Continue reading →

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When it comes to the Holy Grail, physicists and the New Church are in agreement

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

Often times when I read a popular book on the New Physics, the author/scientist will describe the unification of Einstein’s General Relativity theory with Quantum Mechanics as the “Holy Grail” of physics. In other words, scientists are quite willing to … Continue reading →

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Can the mind “taste” an idea?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

Once when I was overhearing some teenagers interacting, I was alerted to a particular use of language. One teenager was showing off something to the others when I heard one of the group say “sweet.” The word “sweet” was obviously … Continue reading →

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The Tower Of Babble

Posted on June 1, 2010 by

As a creative writer I enjoy concocting an occasional play on words. The title for this blog post is an obvious play on the biblical phrase “Tower of Babel.” The words “Babel” and “babble” not only sound similar, they confer … Continue reading →

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Frogs hampering travel in Greece!?

Posted on May 27, 2010 by

We all know of the financial problems plaguing the European country of Greece. Then yesterday, I read a weird news report that described Greece experiencing yet another kind of plague. Apparently, a major highway in Greece was being overrun by … Continue reading →

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A chariot in the Bible is not a chariot!

Posted on April 30, 2010 by

Because Holy Scripture describes ancient battles and warfare, chariots are often mentioned. But according to scientist/theologian Emanuel Swedenborg, the driver, the horses and the chariot all refer to—and symbolize—qualities of the human mind and spirit! Say what?!!! Swedenborg claimed that … Continue reading →

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