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Knockoff Spirituality

While there is a steep decline in church attendance, our culture remains quite spiritually curious. Gurus, celebs, and influencers promote spiritual practices that are promised to bring health, prosperity, guidance, and peace into your life. On the surface some of these practices may look good to you, or maybe they’ve captured the attention of your friends and family. In this series we’ll learn more about what makes these practices powerless knockoffs, when compared to a single Christian spiritual practice that has the power to replace them all.

Before There Was "Sending Good Vibes Your Way..."

Mar 26, 2024


When someone is suffering, it feels right to try to join them in their suffering, to somehow stand with them. But lately the offering of “thoughts and prayers” to someone in a hardship has come to be seen as an empty and patronizing sentiment. But should those two things be linked, “thoughts and prayers?” What might prayer be able to accomplish for someone in need that no amount of thoughts could ever accomplish?

Before There Were Fortune Cookies...

Mar 17, 2024


We all want guidance. We need it! Life is too confusing to navigate on our own. Some people have tried to find guidance looking to the stars and other heavenly bodies. Others have tried to interpret the meaning of various “signs from the universe.” But even if those entities were offering guidance, how do we know their counsel is trustworthy?

Before There Was Mindfulness...

Mar 10, 2024


There are numerous documented benefits to mindfulness practices and if the alternative is “mindlessness” then who can argue with the benefits? But what if quieting a runaway mind is not enough to give you lasting inner peace?

Before There Was Manifesting...

Mar 3, 2024


What do you do when you want something, really want something? Do you set goals? Create a vision board? Write a letter to the universe? Manifesting is a practice that lies somewhere between spirituality and pseudo-science but even if it works, is it a good idea to get everything you want?