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		<title>Why is Meditation Difficult?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Schwaller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(First in a series.) Why is Meditation hard? The simple answer, say my colleagues Jon and Linda Caswell, is, If you can close your eyes, you can meditate. Here&#8217;s what they says: The meditation that my wife Linda and I &#8230; <a href="http://www.growtools.com/2012/02/why-is-meditation-difficult/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Best Religion Websites: Patheos, Beliefnet and more</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Schwaller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Move over beliefnet. Hello patheos.com. Like beliefnet.com, Patheos is dedicated to &#8220;balanced views of religion and spirituality, and strives to offer viewers the expertise on an astounding array of issues. However beliefnet has expanded into a variety of commercial content including &#8230; <a href="http://www.growtools.com/2012/02/best-religion-websites-patheos-beliefnet-and-more/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sanctuary in captivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Schwaller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife ran across this great testimony on spirituality.com. It&#8217;s a very clear explanation, step by step, of how to pray for safety, from Elizabeth Pond, a war correspondent who was captured by the Khmer Rouge in Vietnam in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.growtools.com/2012/02/sanctuary-in-captivity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>If Darwin Prayed &#8211; God as Beloved Other</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Schwaller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;evolutionary Christian&#8221; Bruce Sanguin &#8211; There is still a lot of confusion out there around the distinction between God being &#8220;a&#8221; person and God being personal. Sanguin writes in a recent column on his If Darwin Prayed website, how &#8230; <a href="http://www.growtools.com/2012/02/if-darwin-prayed-god-as-beloved-other/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How many Americans are &#8216;atheists.&#8217; REALLY?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Schwaller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This patheos.com blog summarizes the results of a half dozen reputable surveys that tell us the answer is between 3% and 5%. Of course, it depends on how you define &#8220;atheist.&#8221; Which depends on how you define &#8220;God.&#8221; And I &#8230; <a href="http://www.growtools.com/2012/02/how-many-americans-are-atheists-really/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is God a Christian?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Schwaller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This relatively slim book (200 pages) provides a simple primer, through the lens of a Christian scholar, to better understand the universality in major world faiths. The book is a great starter for a progressive Christian to start the journey &#8230; <a href="http://www.growtools.com/2012/01/is-god-a-christian/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why People Who Pray Are Healthier</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Schwaller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: More research on the power of prayer. In this Huffington Post Blog, journalist Richard Schiffman does a nice job summing up why prayer is the most popular and effective alternative medicine. Read Why People Who Pray Are Healthier Than &#8230; <a href="http://www.growtools.com/2012/01/why-people-who-pray-are-healthier/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Living Matrix</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Schwaller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published in 2009, The Living Matrix: A Film on the New Science of Healing still is an excellent dvd overview featuring nearly 20 advanced thinkers and researchers in biology, psychology, healthcare. Includes the Noetic Institute&#8217;s Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, Brice Lipton &#8230; <a href="http://www.growtools.com/2012/01/the-living-matrix/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Religion in Human Evolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Schwaller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Bellah, one of America&#8217;s most distinguished sociologists, caps off his luminous academic career with Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age, a painstakingly researched book (800 pages) that delves deep into the roots of humankind&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://www.growtools.com/2012/01/religion-in-human-evolution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On Meditation, from Larry Dossey&#8217;s &#8220;Explore Journal&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Schwaller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the November-December issue of Explore Journal, columnist Stephen Schwartz offers &#8220;Meditation&#8211;The Controlled Psychophysical Self-Reguluation Process that Works.&#8221;  Schwartz offers a sound primer on the practice and effectiveness of meditation, the emerging evidence on the lasting effects meditation has on &#8230; <a href="http://www.growtools.com/2012/01/on-meditation-from-larry-dosseys-explore-journal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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