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September 2023

September 14, 2023

Are You Uncomfortable Being in Church?

I'm uncomfortable being in church spaces. And over the past few years of leading workshops,...

May 2023

May 26, 2023

Progressive, Done with Church, and Ready to Do their Inner Work

While speaking on a podcast a few weeks ago, I was asked about who signs...

April 2023

April 20, 2023

If This is What a Lifetime of Spiritual Development Produces, Why Bother?

It began with tears. I sat in the front row of my childhood church in...

January 2023

January 09, 2023

1 High-Impact Way Spiritual Teachers Can Begin Deep and Meaningful Workshops

For the past 10 years, I've led workshops on embodied spirituality and contemplative practice. And...

January 05, 2023

5 Takeaways from Barbara Holmes and Her Powerful Teaching on Interconnectedness

One of my favorite wisdom teachings: “We respond to a deeply interdependent and responsive universe...

December 2022

December 19, 2022

5 Books Your Pastor Should be Reading With Your Church

Below are five books your pastor should be reading with your church community. I don't...

November 2022

November 21, 2022

The Disillusionment of Church: Why Even Bother?

I sat in the front row of my childhood church in what I knew to...

August 2022

August 11, 2022

Why Church Won’t Change

If you hang around churches and church communities for long enough, you’ll almost certainly hear...

July 2022

July 21, 2022

What Can the Mystics Teach Us About Reconstructing our Image of the Divine?

The reason, it seems to me, the mystics are rarely spoken of in church settings...

June 2022

June 30, 2022

Pastoring, Re-wilding God, and the Contemplative Path

It’s a strange thing to be connected with so many Christian clergy and yet have...

June 27, 2022

The Mediocre is Unacceptable

If you’re a teacher, a pastor, or a professor - I have some questions. (Full...

June 02, 2022

Church Should Feel Like a Workshop

There’s a big difference between taking a “course” and taking a “workshop.” A course is...

May 2022

May 30, 2022

Is Your Church Remarkable? And If Not, Why Do You Go?

How can we create something remarkable? According to entrepreneur/freelancer/marketing genius Seth Godin, we create...

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