Posts Tagged ‘Advent’
Dec 21 2012  |
By David Briggs
Tags: Advent, benevolence, Christmas, consumerism, kindness, love, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Newtown, poverty, transcendence
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Spending quality time with God appears to make benevolent love possible for many Americans, new research indicates. Americans may be biologically hard-wired to worship at the altars of consumerism this holiday season, buying gifts with expectations of what they will receive in return, but those people who say they regularly experience divine love are much more likely to reach out beyond family and friends to serve humanity, according to a national study.
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