Conversations with God

It’s kind of amazing to me that many Americans cannot see or appreciate the difference between a presidential candidate with extraordinary “grass roots” support and one whose support has been coming, in the main, from the political ‘machine’. Figures released today by the campaign of Barack Obama indicate that the Illinois Democrat raised over $40…

Can we pray to God and get what we want? How come this works sometimes, and sometimes it does not? What’s up here? And is there a formula that can make it work more often? = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =…

9/11 is a day that no one on this planet will forget — nor should we. Yet what are the lessons that we might have learned on that day and in the moments immediately after? The other day I was going through some old computer files and found this statement, written by me and sent…

Everyone wants to be happier, right? Of course. Even the happiest among us cannot get too much happiness. And those who are not so happy could really use a boost… Over the next several months I’ll be sharing with you here 17 Steps to Being Happier Than God. These come right out of the book…

If you believe that life has anything to do — anything at all — with the needs or goals or accomplishments of your body, then you haven’t understood anything at all about the purpose of your existence, about the reason you, a spiritual being, chose to travel through time and space with your body and…

What is God’s job? That’s a question humanity has been asking for a very long time. Now comes an interesting response… = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =…

Getting older isn’t easy. And living with the after effects of a stroke can obviously make it even harder. Faith in God, and in the Divine Order of things, is often the first thing to go * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *…

There are many people who have been saying for years that global warming is a hoax, that nothing bad will come of it even if it is partially true that the world is gaining a few degrees, and that the entire “scare” is an invention and a contrivance of the environmentalist movement. = = =…

Do we need anything to be happy in life? What can we live without? What can we not? And what is true happiness, anyway? Ah, yes…some of life’s most interesting questions… = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =…

You gotta love Jay Leno. Get this one: “To give you an idea how bad the Democrats are doing, in a stunning reversal, John McCain now 10% ahead of Hillary Clinton and 7% ahead of Barack Obama. And this is after Iraq, a recession, and no health care. Imagine how far ahead he’d be if…

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