{"id":36322,"date":"2008-05-01T13:45:58","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T20:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.wordpress.com\/?p=3379"},"modified":"2013-03-16T11:49:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T17:49:11","slug":"image-why-the-secret-is-screwy-and-other-recent-observations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2008\/05\/image-why-the-secret-is-screwy-and-other-recent-observations-2\/","title":{"rendered":"IMAGE: &#8220;The Secret&#8221; is screwy, and other recent observations."},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I continue to find frequent, thought-provoking, inspiring thoughts at <a href=\"http:\/\/imagejournal.org\/page\/blog\/as-we-forgive\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">the new Image blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ann Conway <a href=\"http:\/\/imagejournal.org\/page\/blog\/the-secret\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">notes the problem with <em>The Secret<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other recent IMAGE commentaries include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A look at <a href=\"http:\/\/imagejournal.org\/page\/blog\/as-we-forgive\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">the new film <em>As We Forgive<\/em><\/a>, \u201cfirst-time filmmaker Laura Waters Hinson\u2019s look at reconciliation in the wake of the Rwandan genocide\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Brian Volck <a href=\"http:\/\/imagejournal.org\/page\/blog\/darkness-my-old-friend\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">reflects<\/a> on Mary Louise Bringle\u2019s ideas about despair: Is it a sickness, or a sin?<\/li>\n<li>A.G. 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