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Book Review: Being Sick Well: Joyful Living Despite Chronic Illness (Author: Dr. Jeffrey H. Boyd)

Today I spent 1.5 hours in one of my favorite places in the world – a library – specifically my alma mater and employer’s library – Cairn University. I went in just to pick up a few books on worship for my sermon on Sunday but then walked the aisles of books, finally leaving with …

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Consumable Microchips.

I love seeing technology innovate. I’m especially fond of technologies which provide opportunities for advancing social good. Consumable microchips is one of those technologies and Elizabeth Armstrong Moore has written a great article on the topic for CNET, highlighting the impending release of Novartis/Proteus Biomedical’s consumable microchips. Why would we want a consumable microchip? Ohh, …

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Reflections on Newsweek Feb. 8, 2010 Cover Story (Anti-Depressants).

I’m a huge fan of Newsweek. A few years ago Charity called in and supported NPR for one of their fundraising drives and we received a free one year subscription to Newsweek – we’ve kept it ever since. We both love to read Newsweek – finding it informative and oftentimes approaching issues from multiple perspectives. …

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Book Review: Against Depression (Author: Peter D. Kramer).

Introduction: Against Depression by Peter D. Kramer is an astonishing volume. It is not your standard work on a mental disorder – in fact, the title is both misleading and exactly on point. Against Depression is not so much about explaining and treating depression as it is a polemic literally against depression. Kramer effortlessly skips …

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