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Am I Connecting with God?

I had the opportunity this week to teach a class for Bible study teachers on developing their skills. As we talked about teaching the Bible and spiritual truth, we kept coming back to the idea that te… more →

PlusLife- Living & Loving the Faith

More Official Porkie Pies!

te2ataria wrote 2 months ago: sent by a slap happy pakeha [edited by TEAA] Kiwis Aren’t Even Slap Happy! Statistics New Zeal … more →

Tags: happiness, national poverty, Housing Problems, NZ unemployment, NO income families, Big Brother, Personal Debt, Statistics New Zealand, lies

The Ambiguity in Women's Lives — 5 comments

Tabby Biddle wrote 3 months ago: Written by Tabby Biddle A good friend revealed to me recently that when she first got married, she f … more →

Tags: All Goddess Diaries, women and power, Are Women getting more unhappy?, Arianna Huffington, blue is the new black, Colette Dowling, Controversy, How Women are Feeling, LinkedIn

Liberals Are More Selfish Than Conservatives - Ashley Herzog, Townhall — 1 comment

rightbill wrote 3 months ago: Conservatives also proved to be less selfish in questions relevant to the health care debate. While … more →

Tags: Culture, liberals selfish, Conservatives, makers and takers

It takes a generation — 13 comments

whyevolutionistrue wrote 4 months ago: by Greg Mayer Over at Gene Expression, Razib, following up on one of Jerry’s posts on Mooney … more →

Tags: Articles, Intelligent Design Creationism Watch, Gene expression

Are gay men more promiscuous than straight men? (Analyzing research results)

atozinco wrote 7 months ago: Tim Fisher analyzed a number of studies regarding promiscuity rates among gay and straight men and c … more →

Tags: Homosexuality, Statistics & Research, Homosexual, Gay, Straight, Heterosexual, Heterosexuality, tim fisher, Research

Trust declining in all institutions other than the military — 1 comment

socialcapital wrote 7 months ago: (Source Oregonian) Preliminary results are in from the 2008 General Social Survey (GSS), the gold st … more →

Tags: Trust, Education, 2008, Government, Religion, Science, GSS, military, press

US confidence in religious leaders at all-time low — 5 comments

Chuck Warnock wrote 8 months ago: According to the General Social Survery, confidence in religious leaders is at an all-time low.  Or … more →

Tags: Culture, Trends, leadership, Clergy, Religious Leaders, Religious Institutions, Pew Forum, confidence in religious leaders, Moral Failure

193. Who Do You Trust? — 2 comments

anamerican wrote 9 months ago: Once upon a time in America there were a sense of trust  by Americans. In return this trust was hono … more →

Tags: Government, Government & Politics, Homeless Shelters, homeless veterans, Homeless Vets, military, Congress, Homeless, Trust in America

Happy People Don't Watch TV — 1 comment

ozob wrote 1 year ago: Did you get that?  Here it is again:  Happy People Don’t Watch TV What to do instead?  The pos … more →

Tags: unsolicited commentary, News, Psychology, technology, industrial society, happiness, Television, TV, Research

Am I Connecting with God? — 2 comments

pluslife wrote 1 year ago: I had the opportunity this week to teach a class for Bible study teachers on developing their skills … more →

Tags: Living the Faith, Christianity, church, Jesus, Worship, Christ, HOPE, Connections, Worhsip

Using money as an incentive is not necessarily a good idea

Roger Costello wrote 2 years ago: The growing use of variable pay and other financial incentives and the belief in their effectiveness … more →

Tags: Incentive, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton, Hard Facts, Money, extrinsic incentives, intrinsic incentives, Chip Heath, Kaplan Educational Centers


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