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Actor Heath Ledger Still Needed God

Every year there are a few shocking celebrity deaths in the world of entertainment that create brief searches for meaning among their fans. After one ...


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Many Workers Feel Bad 'Sunday Night Blues'

A global poll conducted by Monster.com reveals that 76 percent of respondents in the U.S. report having "really bad" Sunday night blues. That's a slight ...


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Middle-Aged Americans Are Dying of Despair

Something truly disturbing is happening to middle-aged white Americans … A new study from two Princeton economists revealed that the mortality ...


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The Necessity of Sadness

A fascinating article on Christianity Today about Pixar's new film Inside Out reminds us that sadness is also a necessary (but sometimes lost) part ...


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Story About a Man Whose Dreams Shattered

Tennessee Williams's short story "Something by Tolstoi," tells the story of Jacob Brodsky, a shy Russian Jew who runs his father's ...


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'Money can't make you happy, but it can make you less sad.'

This, according to new research from U.S. Census data, tracking income and reported levels of happiness. Psychologist Kostadin Kushley "... found ...


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Want To Be Happy? Love Generously

An article in The New York Times, titled "Love People, Not Pleasure," tackles the issue of love from the perspective of happiness. Offering ...


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Life-sized Dolls Illustrate Grief and Loss

We've all experienced the loss of loved ones. Family, friends, neighbors, valuable members of our community taken by death, or perhaps simply having ...


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Comedian Louis C.K. on the 'Forever Empty'

The usually crass comedian Louis C.K. offered some insightful comments about our soul-numbing addiction to technology. On Late Night with Conan O'Brien ...


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HBO Documentary Records Our Secret Pain

A 2012 HBO Documentary followed the performance artist Marina Abramovic in her work called "The Artist Is Present." Over a period of 90 days, 850,000 ...


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