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Think of the way you keep up quirky family traditions. How listening to a certain song before speaking in public can calm you down. Or why it feels so strange to sleep on the opposite side of the bed. These are rituals: practices that are imbued with symbolic meaning. And they have the power to turn black-and-white moments into technicolour. Harvard professor and world-leading rituals expert Michael Norton uses his cutting-edge research to show the impact that these everyday actions have on our lives -- and how transforming habits into rituals can give us purpose and pleasure.

Happy Money offers a tour of new research on the science of spending. Most people recognize that they need professional advice on how to earn, save, and invest their money. When it comes to spending that money, most people just follow their intuitions. But scientific research shows that those intuitions are often wrong.

M16 Ministries Foundation of Spiritual Warfare Series starts in the first 11 chapters of Genesis. When examining these scriptures in Genesis, the topic of spiritual warfare rarely comes into discussion. Most of the Western Church is aware of the fall of man in Genesis 3. But are not aware there were two other falls involving both man and spirits in the book of Genesis. The Apostles Peter, Paul, and the author of Jude spoke of these incidences in their works. But seldom do we hear about these incidents in sermons or modern spiritual warfare books.

In the bestselling tradition of Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit and Angela Duckworth’s Grit, a renowned social psychologist demonstrates how a subtle turning of habits into rituals can “clear a little space for everyday magic” (The Guardian) in our lives. Our lives are filled with...

Listen to Mike Norton and Anthony Thomas discuss the goings on in the world of sports.