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May 2016

May 24, 2016

Celtic Spirituality 201 – The Arrival of Christianity

Cultures either meet or they clash. And the clash can be a war among equals...

May 17, 2016

Celtic Spirituality 101 – Before the Time of Christ

In Gaelic the “Caol Áit” or Thin Place is a location/time where the veil between...

May 11, 2016

Children: Mini-Mystics, Until We “Educate” Them

Babies arrive as warriors, storming the Normandy Beaches of Maya, giving their lives to liberate...

May 09, 2016

The Ego As Map of the Self

It seems currently popular within pop-psychological, spiritual, and New Age philosophical circles to bash on...

May 03, 2016

The Beatitudes: Eight Pathways Out of “Hell”

Who wouldn’t want a little more “heaven” and a little less “hell” in life?

April 2016

April 19, 2016

Evil 501: Temptation, the Royal Road to Enlightenment

As souls, we make “pre-conception contracts” that involve volunteering to incarnate. Why agree to life...

April 07, 2016

God’s Dream

I wonder how the boy Jesus gradually figured it out. I think maybe he was...

April 05, 2016

There’s Room on My Cross for Three

There were three crosses on Calvary that day. And I don’t mean the ones on...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

Two Fundamental Forces of the Cosmos

The evolution of human consciousness has reached the stage where we can now intervene in...

March 28, 2016

The Resurrection of Jesus: Fact, Reality or Truth?

There is a not a single cell in our physical bodies that originally belonged to...

March 23, 2016

Endings and Beginnings: Reflecting on Jesus’ Last Words

Jesus' last words plumb the depths of what it means to be a fully realized...

March 22, 2016

Evil 401: A Brief History of Sin

From prehistory to the present, from the Near East to the Far East, humans have...

March 19, 2016

Evil 301: Gethsemane Revisited

A great oppressive heaviness came upon him. I could feel it myself – the lonely...

March 15, 2016

To Love or Not to Love – Is That the Question?

We are challenged daily, if not moment by moment, by the political, economic and social...

March 08, 2016

Evil 201: “Satan, Three Strikes and You’re Outed!”

What if "Satan" isn't "who" we think, but rather the aggregated shadow material of Homo...

March 01, 2016

Endangered Species of the Human Soul

How often do we hear or read about piety, longsuffering, or modesty other than their...

February 2016

February 23, 2016

Evil 101: Terrorism – Would You Recognize It, If You Met It?

I’ll wager that as soon as you heard the word “terrorist”, you instinctively added the...

February 19, 2016

Shall We Dream?

A Source that gave us William Butler Yeats and daffodils, hippopotami and supernovae is not...

February 16, 2016

Sufficiency vs. Abundance: How Much Is Enough?

Personal, moral and ethical challenges surround great wealth. What potential problems do those challenges pose...

February 09, 2016

My Tour Guide Is a Leprechaun

I pondered this for several minutes, then I asked, “Are you the only beings who...

February 02, 2016

“In the Name of. . .” – The Search for Ourselves

Our life’s quest/ journey is to re-discover our true identity. It is not a narcissistic...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

A Tale of Hide and Go Seek

It was a work of art – but it wasn’t meant for display. In fact,...

January 19, 2016

The Other

The willingness to encounter the Other, to step into solidarity with the Other, is the...

January 12, 2016

New Year’s Resolution – Nurturing the Freshly Born 2016

Every young mother thinks that her first-born infant is divine; that there has never been...

January 05, 2016

Activating the Divine Feminine: Making Good on the Promise

Even though the promise of the Divine Feminine is reflected to us moment by moment...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

Physics of the Hug

Do you ever wonder how the tradition of hugging to express affection got started? Are...

December 22, 2015

The Buddha, John the Baptist and Jesus

Midlife crises seemed to happen earlier in the human life cycle, if you go back...

December 17, 2015

“Incarnation as With-ness”

We can careen through the natural world by automobile or aircraft, recline leisurely before a...

December 15, 2015

Evolving Beyond Descartes – I Love, Therefore I AM

You only exist to the extent that you love; but, this is not a binary...

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