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Contemplate the vastness of time and space -- and humanity's place within the cosmos

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    In an age of dizzying scientific discovery and cultural fragmentation, it’s natural to feel both awed and unmoored. Telescopes peer deep into the fabric of time, quantum physics reshapes our grasp of cause and effect, and news cycles bombard us with suffering, division, and disillusionment. Many thoughtful people are asking:  Where is the divine in all of this?  Or perhaps more urgently:  Can there be any coherent spiritual path that still makes sense today? Arthur Yavelberg’s award-winning book,  A Theology for the Rest of Us , offers a resounding “yes”—but without the dogma, division, or prepackaged answers that turn so many away from organized religion. Rather than demanding belief or allegiance, this book invites  contemplation —of existence, of meaning, of our place in the universe. Drawing insight from both Eastern and Western traditions, from Taoism to Christianity, Buddhism to Enlightenment philosophy, and from modern thinkers like Alan Wat...

Daily Excerpt: Learning to Feel (Girrell) - Emotions drive the bus!

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  excerpt from  Learning to Feel  (Kris Girrell) --  2 Emotions Drive the Bus! Sarah catches me over the dinner table with what occurs to me as a random—out of the  blue—question, but which for her is a continuation of her inquiry: “How did it feel when your first wife broke up with you?” “Honestly, I don’t remember how I was feeling. I guess I felt numb.” “Well, you must have had a conversation or something when she made that announcement. Can’t you remember any of it?” “I remember feeling sad and I remember one day riding the train into work and—it was a rainy day—and the rain rolling down the window seemed to map onto the reflection of my face as I stared out. But really, that’s all I can recall.” “I find it hard to believe that you didn’t at least talk about it.” I would be willing to wager that while most of us know we have feelings, being able to  access those feeling is somehow altogether different and more challenging. When we were  children, f...