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2025-03-10T23:13:59+00:00

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4 Religious Roadblocks To Avoid At All Costs

Last updated on: March 10, 2025 at 11:13 pm By Keith Giles

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You ever notice how the one thing Jesus talked about the most—God’s unconditional love—is the very thing religion seems to bury under layers of rules, doctrines, and gatekeepers? It’s almost like there’s a system in place designed to keep people from experiencing the simple, beautiful truth that God is love and that this love is for everyone. Now, if that sounds a little cynical, stick with me. The deeper I go into this, the more I realize that organized religion—especially... Read more

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Education and Religion

2025-02-28T18:29:55+00:00

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INNER CIRCLE: A New Way of Knowing

Last updated on: February 28, 2025 at 6:29 pm By Keith Giles

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“It is as though after two thousand years of Abrahamic religion – Judaism, Christianity, Islam – the unending barbaric violence and moral desolation of humankind has finally brought the whole of our global world to a life-or-death hunger for a new kind of knowing

2025-02-26T16:11:12+00:00

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The Power of Empathy: How Understanding Can Change the World

Last updated on: February 26, 2025 at 4:11 pm By Keith Giles

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Imagine emerging from the darkest chapter of your life and instead of harboring resentment, you open your heart to understand the fears and pains of your oppressors. That’s exactly what Nelson Mandela did. After 27 years behind bars for protesting South African Apartheid, Nelson Mandela chose reconciliation over revenge. We could use some of that transformative empathy today. Embracing Empathy in Relationships At its core, empathy is about truly hearing one another. How often do we jump to conclusions or... Read more

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2025-02-26T16:28:25+00:00

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INNER CIRCLE: The Gospel of Judas

Last updated on: February 26, 2025 at 4:28 pm By Keith Giles

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It may come as a shock to some of you, but the Gospel of Judas is a real thing. It’s an ancient text discovered in the 1970s, hidden away in Egypt for over 1,600 years, and finally brought into the public eye in 2006. Unlike

Gospel of the Kingdom

2025-02-17T23:00:48+00:00

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Why Posting on Social Media Won’t Change Anything

Last updated on: February 17, 2025 at 11:00 pm By Keith Giles

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We all know the feeling: you see something infuriating on social media and, before you can stop yourself, you’re typing up a storm, ready to fire off a post that will change the world. Sound familiar? But here’s the thing: posting on social media probably won’t change anything. Now, I’m not saying that sharing your thoughts is bad. Of course, it’s good to have a voice and to be passionate about what’s right. But if we’re expecting that one post—or... Read more

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2025-02-26T16:29:26+00:00

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INNER CIRCLE: Introducing the Gospel of Philip

Last updated on: February 26, 2025 at 4:29 pm By Keith Giles

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The lost Gospel of Philip, like the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary and the Gospel of Truth, is a text that is shrouded in mystery. Before its discovery at Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945, we barely knew of its existence, and like

2025-02-12T19:25:31+00:00

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The Quantum Gospel of Philip

Last updated on: February 12, 2025 at 7:25 pm By Keith Giles

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Have you ever heard of the Gospel of Philip? If not, you’re in for a wild ride. This ancient text, part of the Nag Hammadi Library discovered in 1945, is one of those apocryphal gospels that didn’t make the cut into the New Testament [like the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Truth]. And, let’s be honest, that alone makes it worth exploring. After all, when a group of early church leaders got together and decided what was “inspired”... Read more

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2025-02-10T22:01:36+00:00

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My Liberty of Conscience by Wendy Giles [Guest Post]

Last updated on: February 10, 2025 at 10:01 pm By Keith Giles

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Sadly, we have a history of religious persecution and execution here in the US, dating back to the colonies: one branch of Christianity believing it has “The Truth” and expelling all others, sometimes violently. If you want to know more about this, I highly recommend the book, Liberty of Conscience: Roger Williams in America, by Edwin S. Gaustad. The Founding Fathers were obviously aware of this, as we were many colonies from various religious groups. (And, as you already know... Read more

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2025-02-07T16:23:16+00:00

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INNER CIRCLE: Mary Magdalene In Early Christian Texts

Last updated on: February 7, 2025 at 4:23 pm By Keith Giles

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References to Mary Magdalene in Early Christian Texts: Mary Magdalene in the Gospel of Peter “It was early on Sunday morning, and Mary Magdalene, a disciple of the Master, was afraid of the Jews, since their anger was aroused, and so she did not

2025-02-03T21:21:36+00:00

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Mary’s Gospel and The Politics of Love

Last updated on: February 3, 2025 at 9:21 pm By Keith Giles

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If there’s one thing guaranteed to make people uncomfortable, it’s talking about politics and religion in the same breath. But here we are. And what better way to stir the pot than to explore the Gospel of Mary—yes, that Mary, Mary Magdalene—and what it has to say to our current political climate? The Gospel of Mary is one of those texts that got left on the cutting room floor when the powers that be decided what would make the “official”... Read more

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