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26Apr, 2022

Live Your Best Life

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To live his best life, a man leaps out of his comfort zone and toward success.

While establishing boundaries and knowing your limitations can be helpful in some ways, it can also stand in the way of modernity’s mantra: “live your best life.”

Everyone has a different comfort zone. By adulthood, a majority of people know w…

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22Apr, 2022

Religious Perspectives For Children

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Two children light a menorah,

While studies show that a vast majority of people across America and Canada identify as “religious” in some capacity, research also shows that many parents don’t know how to openly discuss the various religious perspectives with their children.

Talking ab…

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20Apr, 2022

Same-Sex Wedding Destinations For You

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A temple might serve as an ideal same-sex wedding destination.

The days of commitment ceremonies held in LGBTQ community centers have passed. Same-sex marriage is slowly rooting itself in American cultural norms. For same-sex couples, this is an affirming signal of burgeoning acceptance. Acceptance brings more choices. Wh…

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18Apr, 2022

Love Through the Ages

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A statue of the Trojan Horse. Who says subterfuge isn't the best way to win love?

Though marriage is an old tradition, it is a tea steeped in far more ancient waters. Human nature demands some type of companionship. Romantic love aside, the nourishment provided by the love shared with family and friends is impossible to deny. Marriage is an…

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06Apr, 2022

How To Think in New Ways

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A mom and young son engage in conversation.

In life, it is easy to feel like you know everything. Even if you don’t actively believe you know every little detail about the universe, you probably feel like you stand on solid ground in regard to most of your beliefs. Unfortunately, as good as it is to b…

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05Apr, 2022

Non-Binary, Intersex, and Agender Deities

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An image of Hapi, a portly god who also had large breasts and sported the same false beard as the pharaohs.

Do we create the divine in our own image? If so, what does that say about non-binary, intersex, and agender deities from the past?

Many Christians in the West conceive of God as masculine, but this view isn’t universal. Several religious traditions venerate g…

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05Apr, 2022

Decans in Modern Astrology

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A zodiac sign divided into decans.

Decans were assigned to each of the thirty-six star configurations that circled the sky just slightly south of the ecliptic.

Modern astrology is much more than horoscopes and zodiac signs. The divination practice is more sophisticated than what is seen at first…

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