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2015-12-31T09:46:53-05:00

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Top 10 Best Podcasts of 2015

Last updated on: December 31, 2015 at 9:46 am By Carl Gregg

The following are the podcasts I’ve enjoyed listening to the most consistently since this time last year. This list is also in alphabetical order because agonizing over a precise order would take out all the fun: 1. Amicus: “The Supreme Court and the laws it interprets for the United States.” 2. Buddhist Geeks – “after a few years, and well over a million downloads of the show, it became clear that Buddhist Geeks was something closer to a movement or... Read more

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2015-12-30T07:43:32-05:00

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Best TV Streamed in 2015

Last updated on: December 30, 2015 at 7:43 am By Carl Gregg

This list is not necessarily my favorite new releases of the year. Instead, it is the best of the content I watched since this time last year. In addition, this list is in alphabetical order because agonizing over a precise order would take out all the fun: 1. Girls: Season 4 (HBO Now) 2. The Good Wife: Season 6 (Amazon Prime) 3. How to Get Away with Murder: Season 1 (Netflix) 4. Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Seasons 1... Read more

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2015-12-28T09:43:03-05:00

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Top 10 Best Albums Listened to in 2015

Last updated on: December 28, 2015 at 9:43 am By Carl Gregg

This list is not always my favorite new releases; instead, it is the best of the albums I listened to for the first time since last year — althought this year all the albums were released in 2015. This list is also in alphabetical order because agonizing over a precise order would take all the fun out of remembering these albums: 1. Aquaria, Boots: The fact that you still can’t mention Boots without also mentioning Beyoncé teaches two mournful lessons:... Read more

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2015-12-28T09:42:03-05:00

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Why You Should See 2,700 (Not 12) Stars at Night: Reclaiming a Spirituality of Dark Skies

Last updated on: December 21, 2015 at 10:21 am By Carl Gregg

Today is Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year. Here in the mid-Atlantic, we will have more than fourteen hours of darkness and only nine hours and 26 minutes of daylight. Although I will confess that I love the long, hot days of summer, I am coming to see the long nights of winter as an expanded opportunity to experience the importance of the dark. When was the last time you looked up in wonder at the grandeur of a... Read more

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2015-12-16T23:51:33-05:00

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”Did God Have a Wife?”: Asherah, Heavenly Mother, & Mother Earth

Last updated on: December 16, 2015 at 11:51 pm By Carl Gregg

In the theologically conservative Protestant Christianity of my childhood, the sacred was always imagined as masculine: God the Father Almighty, Lord Jesus Christ the son, both of whom were represented on Earth by an all-male clergy. As I grew older and learned more about other Christian traditions such as Roman Catholicism, I was fascinated by their devotion to Mary, the mother of Jesus as also the mother of God, given their belief in the divinity of Jesus. And although she... Read more

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2015-12-17T09:23:28-05:00

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Are You a Faitheist?

Last updated on: December 17, 2015 at 9:23 am By Carl Gregg

If you want to test how evolved you are as a person, the holidays often provide an annual testing ground for spiritual maturity. It’s easy to be blissful while sitting on the beach, hiking by yourself in the woods, or pausing to savor a sunset. But as the saying goes, “Our family can push our buttons the most, because our family members are the ones, who sewed our buttons on in the first place!” Our various complexes and neuroses are... Read more

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2015-11-24T15:06:03-05:00

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Lodro Rinzler’s Millennial Hipster Buddhism

Last updated on: November 24, 2015 at 3:06 pm By Carl Gregg

I first learned about Lodro Rinzler through his Huffington Post online Buddhist advice column that at one time was called “What Would Sid Do?” ‘Sid’ is Rinzler’s nickname for Siddhartha Gautama, the name of the historical Buddha. Some classic “What Would Sid Do?” posts include: “Buddhism and Dating: Would Sid Join Match.com?” “Buddhism and Alcohol: Is There Such a Thing as ‘Right Drinking’?” “Buddhism and Activism: How Would Sid Produce Social Change?”, “Buddhist Breakup Advice,” and “The Four Gates of... Read more

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2015-11-19T12:58:11-05:00

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Why Peter Singer Hates on Guide Dogs & the “Make-a-Wish” Foundation: Reflections on “The Most Good You Can Do”

Last updated on: November 19, 2015 at 12:58 pm By Carl Gregg

Recent new stories have ranged from the absurd to the inane, and most recently, to horror. The famed neurosurgeon and current presidential candidate Ben Carson confirmed that he continues to believe — despite all evidence to the contrary — that the Egyptian pyramids were not built as graves for pharaohs, but instead were built to store grain by Joseph, a character in the biblical book of Genesis. That’s absurd. There has also been a lot of inane hubbub about Starbuck’s... Read more

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2015-11-04T21:45:00-05:00

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“How the Founding Fathers Became Infallible and Our Politics Inflexible”

Last updated on: November 4, 2015 at 9:45 pm By Carl Gregg

This past Tuesday was Election Day. But overshadowing any voting this week is the countdown to Election Day 2016, when the ballot will include the candidates seeking to become the 45th President of the United States. So as our nation increasingly turns its attention to November 8, 2016, I would like to explore some of the roots of the partisan divide in our county using The Jefferson Rule: How the Founding Fathers Became Infallible and Our Politics Inflexible by David Sehat, an... Read more

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