Author: David Lowry
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The Future of the Capitalist System
I am neither an economist nor political scientist. What I am is an observant person who follows trends and trusts his instincts–and this is what mine are telling me about the future of capitalism. Capitalism, arguably the greatest wealth creation system ever invented, has at least three tremendous tendencies embedded within it that cannot be…
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Laughing Yoga
I taught Yoga for a number of years. I’m a big believer in the health benefits (both mental and physical) that it brings. The word yoga means “union.” Like all physical exercise, yoga is a process with the potential to unite our physical and spiritual well-being. The first is something that can happen right away while the second…
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Charter for Compassion
From Wikipedia. Karen Armstrong is known for her books on comparative religion and wrote a well-recognized book A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam Her work focuses on commonalities of the major religions, such as the importance of compassion and the Golden Rule.
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Free Speech in the Age of Charlie Hebdo
Here is the Prezi of a speech I prepared for Seekers’ Chapel. I haven’t written out my comments so some of the Prezi slides may not make as much sense as others. The main point of the speech was…”even though we live in a country that values free speech, there is a point where free…
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What’s Acceptable?
I believe the root of all human discord can be traced to contrary opinions about “What’s acceptable?” This question, composed of two words, does more to cause personal misery and divides people, nations and organizations.
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When you don’t know the right words to say in a crisis
Right now my organization is going through a financial crisis that is testing the mettle of every leader. The problem is a simple one really, there’s not enough money to support all the resources we have acquired over the past several years. I think we all knew this day of reckoning would probably arrive—we just…
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The philosophy of “True Detective”
I think I’m hooked on a new television series. It’s HBO’s “True Detective” featuring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConahay. My son introduced it to me over the Thanksgiving holiday. In what seemed like an offhand comment my son said to me, “If you want to know my philosophy of life it’s found in this series.”…