In the Book of Kings, we read the story of Elijah who was told by God to leave his place because it was experiencing a season of drought. God was helping Elijah solve his problem of lack of food and water by sending him to a widow in Zarephath. “Then
December 20, 2024
The author an Olympic gold medalist in rifle shooting does not claim his expertise in writing this book, “With Winning in Mind: The Mental Management System”, from psychology but from his gold medals and medals of his students. Lanny Basham simply says that this is not theory but proven practice
December 19, 2024
Ultimately it boils down to certain beliefs that we stick to and those beliefs are very much tied to our self-identity. So much so that if some truth is presented to us that requires us to make some change in behavior, even we know that it is the right thing
December 17, 2024
It’s an interesting title to a book “When”. It talks about when to do things or timing it perfectly that will get us an optimum output in our work and life in general. Daniel Pink, the author of this best-selling book, is on a roll of writing best-sellers. The previous
December 12, 2024
Bishop Robert Barron would say that original sin is like a kid being raised in a dysfunctional family. The child would be prone to committing many wrongdoings because of his upbringing. Human nature being wounded by original sin makes us easily fall into sin. G.K. Chesterton says, if you want
December 6, 2024
This is from a TED talk given by Bethany Butzer. Bethany is a very accomplished individual since primary school up until she acquired her doctorate. She would always push herself very hard to accomplish her goals such as getting honors in high school, college and graduate studies but would end
December 3, 2024
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church original sin is, “Yielding to the tempter (the devil), Adam and Eve committed a personal sin, but this sin affected the human nature that they would then transmit in a fallen state. It is a sin which will be transmitted by propagation
November 28, 2024
Webster dictionary defines freedom as the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Freedom means no one is hindering you or forcing you to make a choice or act. In other words, it is freedom from coercion. St. Augustine would call it
November 25, 2024
This best-selling book teaches us a unique way of learning that is effective and straight to the point. “Ultralearning: Accelerate Your Career, Master Hard Skills and Outsmart the Competition” by Scott Young. It teaches us how to learn anything such as swimming, speaking Spanish or computer programming without wasting time
November 21, 2024
The author of this best-selling book, “Think Like a Monk”, Jay Shetty became a monk and lived in India for 3 years after graduating from college in England. He discovered the spiritual values and practices of Buddhist monks that we could apply in our day-to-day lives and live in a
November 19, 2024
To evangelize means to help bring others closer to God. It means not keeping our faith only to ourselves or making it a private affair, but to share our faith to others. Evangelization is one of the five promises we have made during baptism which is to proclaim the good
November 18, 2024
To evangelize means to help bring others closer to God. It means not keeping our faith only to ourselves or making it a private affair, but to share our faith to others. Evangelization is one of the five promises we have made during baptism which is to proclaim the good
November 16, 2024