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spirituality

AA Agnostica: alternative steps for recovery from addiction

Is it possible to have an effective addiction recovery plan that isn't faith-based?

The Modern Thinker

Partial cover image of The Modern Thinker: Timeless Ideas, Inspiration, and Hope for the 21 st Century

Discussions about God: free will or fate and destiny?

Discussions about God: free will or fate and destiny?

Finding spiritual meaning through mortality

It’s Sunday afternoon. Even the cherry blossoms and daffodils won’t stop the rain in Vancouver. Deep in thought, I head through the drizzle towards Horseshoe Bay on the express bus, oblivious to...

Battle Los Angeles, Mars Needs Moms, Red Riding Hood, Of Gods and Men, Film Socialism

Aaron Eckhart has to save the United States from invaders from outer space in Battle Los Angeles. (read more)

Hereafter, Paranormal Activity 2, Score: A Hockey Musical, Stone, Conviction and Tales From The Golden Age

In Hereafter, Matt Damon already knows more about what happens after we die than that new book he’s reading. Does the film enlighten us? (Read more)

Our many dimensions

I wrote an article recently about Howler, a young man in Vancouver who chose to suicide last summer by drowning. There is more to this story. We humans are much more than this little physical body...

Casualties of War, Mexican Drug Dealers and Rampaging Zombies and a Religious Film for Teens are New in Theatres

Bruce Willis is playing a cop yet again but it’s Woody Harrelson who offers something new this week. (Read more)