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My Buddhist goal for the summer

By Chris Jackson

June 11, 2013

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I just finished Phil Jackson’s basketball memoir, Eleven Rings: the Soul of Success, and in it he espoused the Buddhist philosophy of learning to live in the moment. According to Phil (who probably knows a thing or two about basketball), it is essential for successful basketball teams to stay highly…

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Living in half of the equation—and why that stinks

By Chris Jackson

June 4, 2013

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There are many equations in life that really stink if you only get to experience half of them. For instance, if there were no results from working out why would anyone endure the pain of weightlifting and cardio? If we didn’t hope for a financially secure future, why would we…

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Pretending until it's real

By Chris Jackson

May 23, 2013

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“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.” Thus said Screwtape, the shrewd demon mentor, to Wormwood, the demon-in-training, in C.S. Lewis’ classic The Screwtape Letters. I think Screwtape was onto something. Self-help and success experts have long preached the virtue of acting in ways…

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The Greatest Christian Myth Ever Told

By Chris Jackson

May 16, 2013

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“God will never give you more than you can carry.” I’m not sure how this phrase became so widely popularized because it’s not even remotely true. God often gives us more than we can carry, and the weight of our daily burdens routinely threatens to crush us. Moses said, “I…

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Unimpressive miracles

By Chris Jackson

April 25, 2013

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My body took a minor beating this weekend. I was stung by a bee, developed a fierce ingrown nose hair, and tweaked my shoulder while weightlifting. Strangely, I didn’t react to the bee sting until two days later when I woke up with swelling, redness, and a noticeable heat emanating…

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My Buddhist goal for the summer

Living in half of the equation—and why that stinks

Pretending until it's real

The Greatest Christian Myth Ever Told

Unimpressive miracles

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