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The record store is dead. Long live the record store.
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Looking at different maps is a cool way to mess with your perspective.
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Audio and text of my sermon from last Sunday, on St. Paul's Letter to the Romans and the division between the worlds of bondage and the Spirit.
Union
Written by Chela Davison
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This past Saturday Beams contributors Trevor and Sarah married. Â A poem in their honour, a blessing for their union.
Gabor Mate and the Ayahuasca Project
Written by TJ Dawe
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Dr. Gabor Mate leads shamanic healing retreats twice a year, in which participants ingest the Peruvian plant medicine ayahuasca.Â
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Is Superman a bold, larger-than-life world-changing superhero, or a self-seeking, inwardly focused anti-hero? Well, it all depends on your worldview.Â
Guest writer Bruce Sanguin explores how Lucinda Williams' music incites the impulse to evolve and live with passion.
This past July 2nd a rather interesting meeting of minds took place in London between Wikileaks editor-in-cheif Julian Assange and the philosopher Slavoj Zizek. (video)
A History of Rome
Written by Andrew Baxter
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A slight deviation this week with a couple of links to some podcasts dealing with Roman history. Fascinating.
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