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Spirituality and religion both explore the mysteries of life. They go about it, however, in completely different ways. Religion says there is one truth. Spirituality says there is a unique truth within each of us. Spirituality emphasizes the questions. Religion emphasizes the answers. Religion embraces uniformity. Spirituality embraces individuality. Spirituality requires personal responsibility. Religion requires…

As we watch the fireworks this Fourth of July and “ooh” and “aah” at their spectacular beauty remember that they represent the beauty of our freedom we often struggle to preserve. Timothy Velner is a husband, father, attorney and author living in Minneapolis. You can follow his daily blog – a series of discussions between…

I was recently at my daughter’s elementary school when she sheepishly came up to me and said: “Dad, I think I lost my retainer . . . again.” It was the third retainer she lost in the last two months. Each retainer costs $300. I took a deep breath, actually about ten of them, and…

We often create ourselves by holding on to things that we think define us. We often do so because it gives us a sense of purpose, an identity or differiantes us from others. Holding on to things for identity purposes, however, just weighs us down from being the best we can be. The following are…
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