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Waters of Death, Waters of Life

I still remember it like it was yesterday: the brightness of the sun on my skin, the chill of the water, the crowds of...
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How Well Do You Know Your Heroes?

In 2016, I noticed advertising for a new quiz show called Hard Quiz coming to ABC TV in Australia. What caught my attention was the...
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Your Faith Will Make You Well . . . Slowly

Suffering is as much a part of the human experience as death and more so than taxes. As a physiotherapist, I see people every...
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Build Boundaries, Protect Your Marriage

We tend to protect things that are important to us. In the past, a wealthy man might build a castle to contain his wealth...
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The shame that changes us (or not)

If shame were personified, its main characteristic would be its ability to creep into the darkest depths, avoiding any trace of light and any...
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With so many people speaking ‘their truth’, how do we know...

When Academy Awards boss Bill Kramer recently applauded comedian Chris Rock for speaking “his truth” about being slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars ceremony,...
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Why is everyone so angry all the time?

Why is everyone so angry about everything all of the time?” That was the title of a Sydney Morning Herald article by journalist and...
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Embracing Sunlight

Many people fear sunlight. I know someone who always avoided going outside during the day, and when she did, she covered every inch of...
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You are a Dirt Creature

If I were to ask, “who are you?” what would you say? Perhaps you’d start with your name, your family of origin or your...
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Making Sense of the ID Movement

The generally accepted scientific theory of origins may be usefully regarded as having two components—one concerning life’s beginning and the second concerning subsequent development....
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Los Desaparecidos: Mothers of the Disappeared

Argentina’s “Dirty War”, a campaign between the late 1970s and early ’80s, lasted eight years. The perpetrators’ goal was to rid the country of...
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The Surprising Power of Sabbath

Has your week been a stinker? Maybe your work has been filled with relentless deadlines or perhaps your education has been overfilling your brain...