Darren Hewer

What is Advent?

One of my fondest childhood memories of the Christmas season is the Advent calendars my brother and I would receive every year. If you’re unfamiliar with this tradition, the particular version my family enjoyed consisted of a nearly flat decorated cardboard box, with tiny doors on it, numbered from 1 to 24 representing the days leading up to Christmas...

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Five Things Science Can’t Explain
Five Things Science Can't Explain

Science has contributed innumerable benefits to human life on planet Earth. We should be deeply grateful for the hard work of scientists who dedicate their lives to loyal study of this discipline and the advantages scientific advances grant us. Due to its success, there is often a tendency to think that science can explain everything. However...

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When the Money Stops
When the Money Stops

What do you do when not only the money stops, but you realize you have serious personal problems to deal with as well? After building a multi-million dollar company, Ron Varela suddenly began to encounter both business and financial struggles. First an accident and resulting lawsuit cost him most of his net worth. Then, struggling with an alcohol...

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Escaping your Legacy
Escaping your Legacy

Have you been able to escape your family legacy? Should we even want to or try to? As much as we seek to become independent people and become individuals apart from our parents, to some extent we all struggle with our family legacy. For example, Frank Zappa was a rock musician, and one of the most talented and influential of the 60's, 70's and...

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Hidden in Plain Sight
Hidden in Plain Sight

You've probably seen it dozens, if not hundreds of times: The FedEx® logo. Designed in 1994 by Lindon Leader of Leader Creative, the simple design has become a fixture of the world of business and commerce worldwide. But have you ever noticed it's hidden message? If you've seen it before, it'll be easy to spot. If not, it'll be tougher! Take...

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Parting the Red Sea: With Science?
Parting the Red Sea: With Science?

Scientists in the US are working to confirm the plausibility of the circumstances described a story written over 3000 years ago. The biblical Old Testament book of Exodus describes an event that is often familiar to people even if they have never opened a Bible: Moses parting the Red Sea. Or rather, God doing so. In the account, "Moses stretched...

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Top 10 “Unanswerable” Questions
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? 4. What is the best diet? 5. Is there anybody...

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Growing up … eventually
Growing up ... eventually

Why are so many people in their 20s taking so long to grow up? That's the question an article in the New York Times recently asked. It seems that it's taking people longer to grow up. Psychologists have even come up with a new term for it: "emerging adulthood." It’s happening all over, in all sorts of families, not just young people moving...

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