Religion
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Today he is a high school football player. Soon he’ll be a Buddhist lama in the Himalayas
The young Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues of the Buddha, watching the celebrations of his 18th birthday in silence, with a faint smile.
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Breakpoint: The decline of dating apps: Turns out, love isn’t a product
Sometimes, inventions meant to revolutionize the world turn out to be passing fads.
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Living on Purpose: Respecting and appreciating our military
President Reagan in a radio address to the nation in 1983 is quoted, "Veterans know better than anyone else the price of freedom, for they've suffered the scars of war. We can offer them no better tribute than to protect what they have won for us."
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Breakpoint: Why nobody has friends anymore
Comedian John Mulaney once joked that one of Jesus' greatest miracles was having 12 close friends in his thirties. Sadly, the modern decline of friendship is real, and anything but a punchline.
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Living on Purpose: What is in the well comes up in the bucket
It's a spiritual revelation to comprehend that words have tremendous power, but where there is privilege, there is also accountability.
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Pastor Bo: Reality is not outdated
It is not at all unusual for me to receive emails concerning the columns I write. And, whether positive or negative, I appreciate them all.
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Living on Purpose: We pray, we vote, and we leave the rest to God
To be honest, I do not like politics, but at the same time I believe it's my duty and opportunity to vote not the way a party says, but according to what God says.
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Pastor Bo: Tech updates improve things until they are useless
I have had to do a lot of apologizing over the last several days, and the fault is not at all my own, in this case.
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Breakpoint: How ‘intensive’ parenting is making us lonely
In August, Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs hosted a celebration for the one thousandth episode of the beloved audio drama "Adventures in Odyssey."
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LA Catholic Church covered up molesting priests for decades. The price: $1.5 billion and so much pain
Clergy sex abuse scandals have rocked Catholic churches across the world, but few places have seen the financial toll of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.
