Spirituality

"When God is rejected or considered irrelevant there is nothing the heart of man won’t use to try and fill that sense of emptiness. This doesn’t have to be in ways as sensational as mansions or sex or hedge funds; think of the deification of the environment or 'science,' or the endless advertising for the latest gadget or the perfect diet, or..." - Acton

"Visitors are welcomed by quotations from French artist Lucile Olympe Haut’s 'Cyberwitches Manifesto,' which urges readers to, among other things, 'use smartphones and tarot cards to connect to spirits' and 'manufacture D.I.Y. devices to listen to invisible worlds.'" - Breakpoint

"Phelps is a board member of the Nashville Sunday Assembly, a congregation of nonbelievers that has faith in the power of community. The group gathers monthly to sing together, give testimonies and even hear a secular version of a sermon." - RNS

"Divination arises from a desire to know the future or to receive guidance about how to live one’s life from some power or force or principle other than God." - Roger Olson

"...when she was 16, said Cargle, 'I got comfortable with myself, Catholicism and spirituality. … I was no longer afraid to touch a tarot deck.' Cargle, who now identifies as spiritual but not religious, sees tarot as a tool." - RNS

Outthinking the World for Christ- an outline by Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, Denver Seminary at his blog, The Constructive Curmudgeon 

“For centuries, faith was top-down: Spiritual power flowed from pope to the faithful, archbishop to Anglicans, priest to the pious, pastor to congregation.

http://www.worldmag.com/articles/18543 ]Former Wall Street Journal editor Melanie Kirkpatrick escaped 9/11...saw in New York "that religion and people's reliance on God in a time of crisis was very evident."