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May 2025

May 08, 2025

How to Stay Grounded Using Emotional Anchors

Stressful situations can act like storms that threaten to capsize your mental health. Try using...

May 01, 2025

Pro Tips for Teaching Others to Meditate

Do you want to teach others to meditate? By following these pro tips, you can...

April 2025

April 28, 2025

Jesus & Lao Tzu: How to Embody the Way of Love Completely

Christians believe in Christ. Taoists follow the Tao. But Jesus and Lao Tzu demonstrate how...

April 20, 2025

Experiencing the Resurrection with All Five Senses

In the resurrection, Jesus employed all five senses to display God's grace. Whatever your learning...

April 07, 2025

Stop, Look, and Listen: Quieting Your Soul to Hear God

On busy streets, attentiveness means survival. In spiritual life, learning to stop, look, and listen...

March 2025

March 13, 2025

Renaming God as Wellspring & Source

The Bible depicts God as a divine Wellspring, the Source of all that is. Renaming...

March 06, 2025

Jesus & Lao Tzu: When the Spiritual Life Feels Lonely

Do you feel misunderstood because of your spirituality? When the spiritual life feels lonely, Jesus...

February 2025

February 27, 2025

Renaming God: The Way, The Tao, & New Perspectives

Are old names for God limiting your faith? Renaming God as "The Way" and "The...

February 20, 2025

What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?

What's on your bucket list? In just a few days, I will achieve a lifelong...

February 10, 2025

Renaming God Can Rescue Your Floundering Faith Today

Too often, people abandon spirituality because Christians give God a bad name. But renaming God...

January 2025

January 16, 2025

Pope: Tree Hugging Animist New Agers “Close to Christianity”

Once, I would have told you that tree-hugging New Agers were nuts! But a careful...

January 06, 2025

Jesus & Lao Tzu: How to Live Like a Sage

Spiritual seekers need mystical models whose lives exemplify the qualities of a sage. Jesus and...

September 2024

September 09, 2024

What is the Prayer of the Weaned Child?

Shootings, elections, wars, and other unrest can lead to anxiety and fear. The Prayer of...

August 2024

August 22, 2024

What is Jesus’s Goldilocks Prayer?

Jesus taught us how to pray like Goldilocks. It’s about seeking balance—not too hard or...

August 15, 2024

Don’t Kill the Messenger: Lessons in Listening

Those who bring the worst news into our lives can be our most valuable teachers....

August 08, 2024

Jesus & Lao Tzu Defeat the Monster FOMO

The monster FOMO daunts Westerners. Jesus and Lao Tzu defeat Fear of Missing Out by...

July 2024

July 18, 2024

Jesus, Lao Tzu, & Winnie the Pooh on Emptying Yourself

What does the Bible mean when it says that Jesus emptied himself? Taoist philosophers Lao...

July 11, 2024

“I’m Sorry, Eh?”—How to Apologize Like a Canadian

Canadians are known for being polite and apologetic. But “I’m sorry, eh?” is more than...

June 2024

June 14, 2024

From Anxiety to Joy: Inside Out 2 and the Skylight App

Don’t miss Disney’s Inside Out 2. The new film highlights both mental health and spiritual...

May 2024

May 30, 2024

What Would Your Quaker Name Be?

In Outlander Season Eight (now in production) we will meet Quaker characters, named after Christian...

May 20, 2024

Neurotheology: Is Spiritual Experience All in Your Head?

Ever had a spiritual experience that upon reflection, you wondered if it was all in...

April 2024

April 25, 2024

Pain is Inevitable; Suffering is Optional

"Pain is inevitable," said a friend in A.A., "but suffering is optional." Pain is sensation....

April 18, 2024

It’s a Small World—We’re More Connected Than We Know

The worst song in the world is “It’s a Small World After All.” Yet, as...

March 2024

March 14, 2024

Jesus and Lao Tzu at the Well of Living Water

What did Jesus mean by “living water?” A 2,500-year-old Chinese text may give a clue....

March 11, 2024

Inner Healing: Prescriptions for Medication and Meditation

Every day I work with people who experience physical and emotional pain. While I can't...

January 2024

January 25, 2024

What Type of Music Should I Play When I Meditate?

People ask what type of music will help them focus on prayer and meditation. Everyone's...

January 18, 2024

How to Put Prayer and Meditation in Your Fitness Routine

It’s January--time to shed those extra holiday pounds. Here's how to make prayer and meditation...

January 01, 2024

Jesus’s Secret Name—It’s My Name, too!

Jesus has a secret name—a name given to him by a prophet, that nobody ever...

December 2023

December 10, 2023

A Thoughtless Gift: Contemplative Prayer

Giving a thoughtless Christmas gift is a bad thing. But contemplative prayer is a gift...

October 2023

October 23, 2023

Foiled Again! Blessings and Curses in the New Testament

The Old Testament talks a lot about curses, but what about the New Testament? Do...