I hope you weren’t too fond of “Smash” or “Go On”. It seems as though ‘Smash’ never quite found the adoring fan-dom of ‘Glee’ (you know, that other TV show based on signing and dancing?). And Matthew Perry is experiencing the same one-hit wonder phenomenon that so many of his Friends have. Both shows I…

Dr. Eben Alexander is a medical marvel. The academic neurosurgeon of 25 years was bolted into a coma after an attack of E. coli meningitis in 2008, part of his brain shut down, and his doctors lost hope of his survival. Where was Dr. Eben, you ask? Heaven. Oprah Winfrey will interview Alexander about his…

In America we are often taught that getting old is something we want to avoid. We glorify our teenage years, promote plastic surgery, and invite people to use certain products just to feel “young again.” The Get Old Campaign has a new idea – they think getting old is awesome – and they want you to feel…

The Monastary of Christ in the Desert was founded in 1964 in Abiqulu, New Mexico. It’s located in, you guessed it, the middle of the desert. Being surrounded by miles of government-protected land, the abbey is the perfect place to guarantee a quiet life of solitude perfectly suited to the Benedictine way. The Monks have…

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