A familiar place

Posted by on Jan 8, 2013 in Journal

Rochester, NY 4:24 PM I just got back to my office after conducting the first interview for my new book. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve sat down with someone and had my ears as wide open as I can make them. The meeting took place at Nazareth College with Dr. Muhammad Shafiq. He runs the Interfaith Studies area and is also a local Imam. Prior to a few weeks ago, I didn’t know the word interfaith. Now I see it as a growing word, idea and way of life. I’m not sure how textbook this is, but I gather interfaith to mean trying to learn and understand other religions. I think it also...

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Book Title…

Posted by on Jan 4, 2013 in Journal

Rochester, NY 12:22 PM It’s one thing to have an idea in your head. It’s another thing to share it publically. But, in the spirit of Rochester, NY’s PBS TV station’s tagline, “Go Public,” — it’s time. The new book I’m going to research and write is called, “On the Spiritual Road: Seeking Faith and Religion in the United States.” My first book, “Love Your 84,000 Hours at Work,” shared the stories of how people came to find a career they loved. This book will explain the stories of how people came to find a religion they love, why they believe what they believe and...

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Information about the Journal

Posted by on Jan 2, 2013 in Journal

If you are wondering why there is such a time gap in the Journal you are correct. There are in fact a lot more journal entries from 2008 – 2012. But, the website host we had been using crashed in August of 2012 and all data was lost. We are trying to piece the Journal back together. You may also notice some missing entries from 2004 to 2007. We are also working on bringing those back online. I feel lucky to have been able to re-capture approximately 500 Journal entries, but losing everything was most definitely a bummer. I guess it did allow us to revamp the website. More to come....

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