Soul Cravings
Become a Better Listener
Listening is complex. In its simplest form its something my dog can do. Effectual listening, however, requires more than your physical presence. It requires you to engage your heart and mind to understand not only my words but the part of myself I am communicating to you. Being heard, with this type of care, is essential. Are you [...] Read More >
Try a Life Lesson
“Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will.” ~Vernon Howard It can be hard to find time to learn amid the busyness of work and family but if you have a few minutes here and there, that’s enough. Pick up a good book, try a new cuisine or [...] Read More >
Love…Where Are You?
What is love? Is it definable? Is it a feeling? A passion? Is love always romantic? The dictionary defines love as, “a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person, a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection for a parent, child, or friend, sexual desire, affectionate concern for the well-being of others, the benevolent [...] Read More >
What Do You Fear?
What do you fear, and why? Is it holding you back from realizing your full potential? Read More >
Love IS like a Drug After All
Love is, apparently, like a drug. At least the initial stages of passionate love. According to researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine: That rush of good feelings you have in the first few months of being in love don’t just put you in a better mood; love may actually be a painkiller … The magnitude [...] Read More >
Alcoholism & Family
“Alcoholism has an effect on everybody around the person suffering from it. This is especially true for a family.” says William Belle in the Ole! Times. In his article, which recounts his own struggle with alcoholism and (for the moment) sobriety, he provides statistics about how pervasive the problem is: According to a 2002 survey [...] Read More >
What Do You Believe?
It starts with a series of words and the simple question, “Positive or negative?” Words like family, spirituality, work, religion, Jesus, Buddha, prayer. Positive or negative, what is your experience? What is your story? In Crave: The Documentary author Erwin McManus interviewed people from all walks of life looking for the stories that connect us [...] Read More >
Top 10 “Unanswerable” Questions
Which question would you most like to find an answer to? According to search engine Ask.com (formerly known as Ask Jeeves, which is still its moniker in the UK) the following are the top ten “unanswerable” questions: 1. What is the meaning of life? 2. Is there a God? 3. Do blondes have more fun? [...] Read More >
Seeking 9/11 Reconciliation
When both US president Barack Obama and Catholic Pope Benedict XVI advise you that your plans are a bad idea, that’s usually a good sign that you should think twice about what you’re doing. Terry Jones would be well advised to listen to their advice. His tiny 30 member group, ironically named the “Dove World [...] Read More >
Trying to Answer the Why?
We’ve all asked “why?” at some point or another. Chris Keith has been asking why for most of his life. He was 12 years old when his grandparents decided he was old enough to know the truth. His whole family – his parents and his older brother Mikey – did not die in a car [...] Read More >
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Media
Crave: The Documentary
What role do our deepest human cravings for intimacy, destiny, and meaning play in our search for God?
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Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)
Destiny? Is this really me? Was I really born for great things?
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