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Good Without God?: Atheist Advertising Campaign on NYC Subways Causes a Stir
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Joan Ball
There is much ado in some circles about a month-long advertising campaign scheduled to begin Monday. The “atheist ad”, as the Huffington Post, Associated Press and others tag it poses the question: “A million New Yorkers are good without God, are you?” The campaign, which is funded by an anonymous donor, coincides (by design or miracle) with the Tuesday…
Aging, Humility and Perspective: A Dose of Reality From An Honest 13 Year Old
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Joan Ball
My 13 year old niece posted the following note about “life going by so quick” on her Facebook status and I couldn’t resist responding. Check out her reply and you’ll understand why this 43 year-old titled the post age, humility and perspective. Talk about keeping it real…
Must We Sacrifice Everything for Success?: Sorry Chris Brogan, I’m Not Buying It…
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Joan Ball
Chris Brogan is a thought leader in social media circles. I, like many other people interested in connecting through blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Ning, etc., receive updates and nuggets of online community wisdom from him in my email inbox once a week or so. Today he posted a piece about what it takes to be and…
“We Christians are a Bunch of Scheming Swindlers.” Pretty Harsh, Mr. Kierkegaard.
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Joan Ball
Picked up this quote from Soren Kierkegaard on my friend Peter Walker’s blog today. For me, it dovetails with yesterday’s question regarding the point at which believing may or may not become poor judgement. Kierkegaard writes: “The matter is quite simple. The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to…
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