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What’s Your Spiritual Story: Abigail’s Confessions on Childhood, Time, and Spiritual Awakening
Abbie is in California this week for health treatments. She asks me to send the video below, where she and her husband, Jerry L. Martin from God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, discuss her early life from childhood’s moments of truth … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail L. Rosenthal, Coming-of-Age Spirituality, Confessions of a Young Philosopher, existentialism, feminine identity, Moral Idealism, Philosophy and Faith, spiritual autobiography, Spiritual crisis, Time and Impermanence, What’s Your Spiritual Story, women philosophers
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“Confessions of a Young Philosopher”
“Confessions of a Young Philosopher” These days I am bringing to final form a new book titled, Confessions of a Young Philosopher. So what’s the “confession” part? And what’s the “philosopher” part? Why do I give the book that name? … Continue reading
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