Comedian, podcaster, and UFC commentator Joe Rogan has a fascinating thought about how parenting has changed the way that he...
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Sabbath Ramblings
Ben’s Sunday posts
Sabbath Ramblings: Temperate
I've been enjoying my morning “time with God” quite a bit recently. I think it's because it's almost summer. No,...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Analog
I was on a walk with my wife the other day discussing how “big” of a month this is for...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Wisdom
I'm traveling this week, so today's article is a bit brief. But I felt compelled to share with you a...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Flow
I've recently been reading Greg McKeown's new book Effortless. Greg's first book (also quite good) Essentialism, was about doing the...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Simplicity
Last week, when I posed to you the question about what you would do if you knew you were going...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Forever
Heaven. Hell. Death. Seems I've covered quite a few afterlife-ish topics of late. But today, I'd like to present you...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Energy
I pay close attention to my body, especially when it comes to my overall qualitatively assessed energy levels, sleep satisfaction,...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Hell.
In my recent article about what exactly happens when you die, I'm afraid I may have finished quite abruptly in...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Death.
In my recent podcast on my Spiritual Disciplines habits, which included a Q&A from my listeners, someone asked me a...
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Sabbath Ramblings: A Song
Today's rambling is an abbreviated one. Why? Well, frankly, I've been knee-deep—or, I suppose more appropriately stated, microphone-deep—in recording the...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Laugh
In this recent article, I explained how you know you've gotten stuck in a ho-hum hypnotic rhythm of life when...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Seatbelts & Sentries
God helps those who help themselves. So trust God, but put on your seatbelt. Trust God, but strap on your...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Shoes
You've heard it before… …the Golden Rule of empathy… …put yourself in someone else's shoes. This allusion to seeing how...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Marshmallows
I've been thinking quite a bit lately about delayed gratification. Perhaps it's the five-day fast I'm currently embarked upon, and...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Honey
Ah…honey. It's sweet, sticky, nutritionally dense, and a staple food of modern Western and indigenous hunter-gatherer cuisine alike. It's one...
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Sabbath Ramblings: Beauty
As I recently discussed in my article on getting out of your “hypnotic rhythm” so that you can live more...
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