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A study done at medical facilities between 2009 and 2012 has found that health care providers discuss religious beliefs or spirituality in less than 20 percent of cases. Senior author of the study, Douglas White says for many patients and family, these issues are important and understanding them is important…

Ellen DeGeneres recently purchased a Los Angeles mansion for $40 million. A source says Ellen is totally freaked out by strange noises in the mansion, including footsteps, doors opening and closing, and a woman crying. “DeGeneres suspects the property is haunted by its former owner and . . . . plans…

There's a new phenomenon in our culture today, the "selfie,” which is a self-taken picture. In the "old days" (maybe 2 years ago), people would stand in front of the mirror to grab a selfie by taking a picture of their own reflection. Nowadays, with the additional camera on the business side of everyone's…

September 29th, 2012 10:00 PM ET By Alan Miller, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Alan Miller is Director of The New York Salon and Co-Founder of London's Old Truman Brewery. He is speaking at The Battle of Ideas at London's Barbican in October. By Alan Miller, Special to CNN The increasingly common refrain…

Polls taken over the past several years have revealed a strange trend in America. While faith in organized religion has dropped to an all-time low, spirituality is at an all-time high. Similar polls have shown that 80 percent of Americans identify with a religious denomination, while 58 percent say they…

Americans like to pick and choose their religious beliefs. Julia Roberts has chosen Hinduism. What does she base her choice on? Well, it combines the best of her mother’s Catholicism and her father’s Baptist beliefs. Mostly she just likes the idea of reincarnation. --The Week, August 27, 2010 p. 8Illustration…

SPIRITUALITY Researchers say new technologies that capture images of the brain in action may lead to a better understanding of both disease and spirituality. The new techniques known as Positron Emission Topography, or PET, and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, or SPECT allow researchers to…

EXISTENCE OF GOD Evidences of the existence of a Creator still confound many scientists.. "Neurotheology" is a new field of study that explores the biological basis for a person's spirituality. A recent article in Newsweek posed the question, "Does our brain wiring create the idea of God, or did God…

GETTING READY FOR EASTER #2: Check Your Pulse Pastor Greg Henneman March 4, 2007 Text: John 3:1-21 (Nicodemus) Illust: I couldn’t find a video to demonstrate this, but you all have seen it on TV at one time or another. Where let’s say a guy is in the hospital hooked up to the machines. His heartbeat…

Why would God single out the poor for special attention over any other group? I used to wonder. What makes the poor deserving of God's concern? I received help on this issue from a writer named Monika Hellwig, who lists the following "advantages" to being poor: The poor know they are in urgent need of…

Barna's Annual Tracking Study Shows Americans Stay Spiritually Active, But Biblical Views Wane May 21, 2007 (Ventura, CA) - It is hard to miss Americans' comfort with and interest in spirituality. Most adults say that their religious faith is very important in their life. Two-thirds of the nation’s adult…