Soul Cravings
Is Casual Sex Losing its Zing?
Hot news from CNN: Some university students are giving up casual sexual activity because they feel it’s not fulfilling. I am not making this up. Take, for instance, Vanderbilt University student Frannie Boyle. She told CNN that, in the past, she sometimes drank to excess before parties and hooked up with a stranger or acquaintance [...] Read More >
Kevorkian: Not Ready to Die
Dr. Jack Kevorkian has been called many things. To some he’s an angel of mercy, to others an angel of death. I never expected him to be a cynic. Kevorkian is famous for his role in over 130 assisted suicides – a procedure he refers to as Patholysis. In an interview with CNN’s Dr. Sanjay [...] Read More >
Who I Am
What implications does your family’s past have on you? I started thinking about the significance of our family history recently after seeing parts of NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?” The show delves into the family tree of individuals, revealing unknown stories linked to crucial events. Needless to say, the results easily range from [...] Read More >
What are you Searching For?
Far more people in Canada used the Internet for “personal interactions” last year than those who didn’t. According to Statistics Canada, “Eighty per cent of Canadians age 16 and over used the Internet for personal reasons in 2009, up from 73 per cent two years earlier.” I was a bit surprised that only 80% used [...] Read More >
The Church of Gaga
Lady Gaga is everywhere these days. Her current tour, The Monster’s Ball is so completely sold out that I recently saw a listing on Ticketmaster for tickets for a show in 2011. No joke. Lady Gaga is known for being avant guarde, out spoken, artistic and opinionated so when she recently sat down for an [...] Read More >
Fear, Sharks, and Life
You may be familiar with arachnophobia (fear of spiders) and agoraphobia (fear of public places) but are you familiar with selachophobia? That would be fear of sharks. Recently I was chatting with some friends about which activities we would or wouldn’t fear doing, such as skydiving, rock climbing, storm chasing, bullfighting, etc. I know “swimming [...] Read More >
Lawyer Catches Facebook Cheaters
Yesterday was “Quit Facebook Day.” People pledged to quit Facebook due to concerns about their privacy. In recent weeks there have been many concerns raised regarding Facebook’s privacy policies, but one group of people who benefit from the openness of peoples’ online information is divorce lawyers, as reported by CNN: “Facebook is a great source [...] Read More >
Apple Says No to Porn, Kinda
Pornography is a multibillion dollar industry, but you won’t find it on your iphone, at least not officially. Several sites, include Techland.com (a subsidiary of Time) reported a series of emails between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and one unsatisfied customer, Ryan Tate. In the emails Tate asks Jobs what he think Bob Dylan (a hero [...] Read More >
Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun
Secrets secrets are no fun. Secrets secrets hurt someone. Everyone has secrets. I don’t care who you are; you have one, possibly two. But who are you keeping your secrets from? In a recent interview, well-known and beloved children’s author Robert Munsch shared a secret with the world. Munsch’s books like The Paper Bag Princess [...] Read More >
Looking for Solid Ground
We’ve all had moments when we’ve wished the ground would open up and swallow us. For one family in Quebec that’s exactly what happened. According to reports on CNN.com a 500 yard sinkhole opened up threatening five homes in the town of Saint-Jude. One home was sucked into the hole and a family of five [...] Read More >
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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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