http://benkimball.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Thoughts on spirituality, books, and other random things. en Vox Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:09:19 -0600 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/why-is-christianity-declining.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben) http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/why-is-christianity-declining.html?_c=feed-rss http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/why-is-christianity-declining.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:09:19 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252183e4604a0123f181d6f8860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252183e4604a0123f181d6f8860f-50si" alt="CP Tweet" /></a> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252183e4604a0123f181d718860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252183e4604a0123f181d718860f-50si" alt="Ben&#39;s CP Retweet" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I follow the Christian Post on Twitter because I like to keep up with the ideas and thinking of many Christians. Today they tweeted the following: I retweeted the following: The lack of simplicity is due to Christianity essentially being a r... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/why-is-christianity-declining.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252183e4604a0123ddebb840860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> religion christianity http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/lots-of-work.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben) http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/lots-of-work.html?_c=feed-rss http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/lots-of-work.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:50:17 -0600 The amount of work in graduate school is shocking. I fancied myself as a seasoned academician and the shear volume of reading and writing has taken me by surprise. My blogging and extracurricular reading life ground to a halt. My classes end in e... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/lots-of-work.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252183e4604a0123f1802f3b860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> school http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-best-seller.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben) http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-best-seller.html?_c=feed-rss http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-best-seller.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:39:25 -0500 If you were going to write a book, what would you write about? I would write about how viewing religions as divine languages can be helpful for people without developed spiritual frameworks. It would be an attempt to show people that it is okay ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-best-seller.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252183e4604a0123f16f6fa1860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd book topic http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/question.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben) http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/question.html?_c=feed-rss http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/question.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:27:27 -0500 Why do we use our beliefs to excuse bad behavior instead of as inspiration to do better? Not all people make this choice. For those that do, I believe it has a lot to do with fear of what is within their own being. Rather than look inward and take... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/question.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252183e4604a01240b67bbd0860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> questions http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-tag-youre-it.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben) http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-tag-youre-it.html?_c=feed-rss http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-tag-youre-it.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:21:10 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252183e4604a01240b63f487860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252183e4604a01240b63f487860e-50si" alt="Vox Tags" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> What do your Vox tags say about you? (Add tags to the end of your Vox blog address, and have a look.) Submitted by Jack Yan. Judging by the Larger Words = More Tagged formula, a few things can be deduced from my tag cloud. I like to answer th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-tag-youre-it.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252183e4604a01240b63f575860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd vox tags http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-best-purchase-ever.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben) http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-best-purchase-ever.html?_c=feed-rss http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-best-purchase-ever.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:49:42 -0500 What is the best purchase you've ever made? I would say all of the education I have purchased (and still paying for) so far in my life would qualify as the best purchase I have ever made. Not only does this include my current enrollment, but this... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-best-purchase-ever.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252183e4604a0123dda656d3860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd best purchase http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-if-i-woke-up-all-powerful.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben) http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-if-i-woke-up-all-powerful.html?_c=feed-rss http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-if-i-woke-up-all-powerful.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:25:58 -0500 If you woke up one morning and realized you were all-powerful, what is the first thing you would do? Submitted by loveless. Every morning that I wake up, I realize that I am all-powerful. This power is not the ability to do anything I can imag... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-if-i-woke-up-all-powerful.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252183e4604a01240b5f56a3860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd all powerful http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/gone-but-not-forgotten.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben) http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/gone-but-not-forgotten.html?_c=feed-rss http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/gone-but-not-forgotten.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:30:09 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252183e4604a0123ddcb1b03860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252183e4604a0123ddcb1b03860d-50si" alt="Memory of Patrick Swayze - She&#39;s Like The Wind - ( 14.09.09 RIP )" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I'm having a hard time with this whole Patrick Swayze thing. I forgot he was a singer. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/gone-but-not-forgotten.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252183e4604a0123ddb76baa860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> gone but not forgotten http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-dream-job.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben) http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-dream-job.html?_c=feed-rss http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-dream-job.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:05:09 -0500 What is your dream job? Do you think you’ll ever have it? Sponsored by Monster.I know I am on the right path (holistic medicine) when I open my textbooks and see all of the writers and thinkers I read on a regular basis. Parker Palmer Karen Arm... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-dream-job.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252183e4604a0123dda22f53860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd monster dream job monster jobs http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-the-scary-thing-about-being-a-grown-up.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben) http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-the-scary-thing-about-being-a-grown-up.html?_c=feed-rss http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-the-scary-thing-about-being-a-grown-up.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:12:17 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252183e4604a0110164dc9f1860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252183e4604a0110164dc9f1860b-50si" alt="ALLY SHEEDY" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> What was your biggest fear about becoming an adult? It hasn't so far. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://benkimball.vox.com/library/post/qotd-the-scary-thing-about-being-a-grown-up.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252183e4604a011016929bc8860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd adult fears