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	<title>Carl Gregg</title>
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		<title>The Stories That Shape Us: Myths, Archetypes, &#038; Modern Life</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Gregg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[James Hollis is a Jungian analyst based in Washington, D.C., and the author of more than twenty books. I have read over half of them and have found each one illuminating. Over the years, I have woven some of his insights into my sermons, and I suspect I will eventually make my way through the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Is Worth Wanting? A Guide to What Matters Most</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Gregg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most of us don’t spend our days asking, “What is the meaning of life?” Some days, maybe. But most days it’s coffee. Emails. Then to-do list. Or that mistake from yesterday we wish we could undo that consumes our thoughts. And yet—quietly, underneath all of that—many of us are carrying a deeper question we don’t [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Top 10 Best Books Read In 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Gregg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The following are the top ten best books I’ve read since this time last year — in alphabetical order by the author’s last name because agonizing over a precise order would take all the fun out of remembering these books: The Haunted Forest Trilogy — Jarod Anderson (2024): A gentle, wonder-filled blend of nature writing, folklore, and encouragement to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Diogenes: The Philosopher Who Dunked on Everyone</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Gregg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m asked fairly often to write book reviews, and I almost always decline because of my many other commitments. But when I was invited to review a forthcoming book about the ancient philosopher Diogenes, I said yes immediately.  As an undergraduate philosophy major, I vividly remember reading about one of the earliest philosopher showdowns — [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lessons from the Modern Elder Academy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Gregg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In July, I had the opportunity to spend a week in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the Modern Elder Academy, the world’s first “midlife wisdom school” (Learning to Love Midlife, 225). It was a stunningly beautiful place to be. On the final day of the retreat, we embarked on a hike. The hill did not look [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book Review: &#8220;Decolonizing the Religious Liberal Mind&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Gregg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fred Muir is a friend and a colleague, and I am a longtime fan of his scholarship. My first introduction to his work was his book Maglipay Universalist: The Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines. which explores the origins of that liberal religious movement from its mid‑20th‑century origins through the book’s publication in 2001. Fred [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Secret to a Good Life? Science Says It’s Relationships</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Gregg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Longest Study on Happiness: What We Can Learn I would like to invite us to reflect on a book titled The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, co-authored by Robert Waldinger, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an authorized Zen master; and Marc Schulz, a psychology [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wicked, the Oscars, &#038; the Hidden Political Allegory!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Gregg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wicked is a box office smash, earning $722.50 million worldwide so far, and the film has received ten Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Cynthia Erivo), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Ariana Grande), Best Original Score, Best Costume Design. With the Academy Awards scheduled for Sunday, March 2, this [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Top 10 Best Books Read In 2024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Gregg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The following are the top ten best books I’ve read since this time last year — in alphabetical order by the author’s last name because agonizing over a precise order would take all the fun out of remembering these books: Loving Corrections (Emergent Strategy Series, 12) by adrienne maree brown (2024) Meditations for Mortals: Four [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Slow Productivity: Peace in a Productivity-Obsessed World</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl Gregg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What do you feel led to do, to change, or let go of in this season of your life? As a guide for exploring that question, I want to share some insights from a recently published book titled Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport. In addition to being a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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