The Ernpowered Life

Why There are Wars

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2063601/open_sms] Today, we still have that war in Ukraine that has been going on for the past two years.  We have another ongoing war in Israel.  We have so many pocket wars since the last World War in 1942. The Korean war, Vietnam, Afghanistan and so on.  But it is not about the wars that happened the last century that we are talking about.  We have been fighting for centuries.   Listen to find out why.

Center of the Universe

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2063601/open_sms] We all know that Earth is just one of the planets that revolves around the sun.  And we also know that our solar system is just part of the Milky Way galaxy and that Milky Way is just one of the billions of galaxies in the universe.  So we are literally just a speck of a speck raised to the infinite power in the entire universe.  And yet, many times we act as if everything revolves around us.  Where did we get this idea?  What is the impact? And what are the solutions.

The Depth of Envy

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2063601/open_sms] Envy is one of the seven deadly sins in the Roman Catholic theology that leads to immoral behavior.   Envy is rooted on the concept of fairness.  In Cognitive Behavior Therapy, the Fallacy of fairness is a cognitive distortion that makes a person believe life should be fair.  What makes this distortion tough to understand is because as a society or community, we are governed by rules, laws and regulations that promote fairness.  In this episode, let’s look at the cause, the impact and how can we solve this.

Right and Wrong

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2063601/open_sms] Why is it that we believe talking about politics and religion would endanger our relationship with other people?  Last Presidential Election for instance, there were people, relatives, who fought and almost killed each other, because one rooted for BBM and the other for Leni.  In this episode, get to learn the cause, the impact and the solutions.

Why Bad Things Happen to Good People

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2063601/open_sms] For many of us, death is a bad thing especially if it happens to a person who’s young and full of life.  Or a tragedy that completely changes the life of a good person.  Or perhaps, you yourself experienced an event, an accident or loss that is important to you, that left you questioning God.  So why do bad things happen to good people?