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March 2017

March 14, 2017

Tony Campolo: Returning Agency to the Body of Christ through Spiritual Practice

Saturday afternoon, at a church near our home, beloved pastor Tony Campolo*, shared that his...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

Texting vs. Flirting with a Monk

It's late and I would enjoy drifting off into dreamland but something in me feels...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Westboro Baptist, Eye-gazing + #DemsInPhilly

Why would a Christian Yogi Mama head into Philadelphia amidst the crowds of Bernie or...

June 2016

June 24, 2016

Learning To Live A Better Story

In 1949, American scholar, Joseph Campbell, published a book called The Hero With a Thousand Faces,...

June 11, 2016

3 reasons why I am going to the Wildgoose Festival- AGAIN!

Three Reasons Why I am going to the Wildgoose Festival this Summer In 2005, my...

January 2016

January 06, 2016

Holy Collisions

Are you aware of the peaceful revolution underway-- a new Pentecost is taking place in...

December 2015

December 05, 2015

The Lie of Separation

Back in May 2015 I was signed up for a weekend training in NYC with...

October 2015

October 10, 2015

God in a Mushroom

What can a mushroom teach us about God? The building I work in has rows of...

June 2015

June 05, 2015

She was a friend of God

She was a friend of GOD I’m just getting in from my friend of 33...

May 2015

May 05, 2015

Sit with me in the I don’t know

Does the weight of the world lie heavy on your shoulders most days these past...

March 2015

March 07, 2015

No Guru, No Method, No Teacher

Returning to the place where my very first poem formed in my Spirit. I gaze...

January 2015

January 10, 2015

Selma

50 years ago is a very short time. Fifty years ago there loomed a war...

January 09, 2015

Truth Without God (The End of Metaphysics Series)

At the fundamental level, quantum mechanics authoritatively and indisputably states that there exists no objective reality...

December 2014

December 10, 2014

Life Without Eternity (The End of Metaphysics Series)

Ludwig Wittgenstein once said that, "...there is something wrong with trying to answer metaphysical...

October 2014

October 05, 2014

Making Me a Channel of His Peace

Two and a half years ago I attended my first Centering Prayer retreat at the...

May 2013

May 13, 2013

It’s Time to Let Go…

I have been developing a metaphor to bring insight into how spiritual development happens. That...

May 09, 2013

Can I Trust?

Here’s a question I’ve been asked many times, by many different people. The words I...

May 08, 2013

Transformation and Shadow Spotting

“Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do...

May 01, 2013

A Contradiction of Truths

I am learning in my life to let go of the apparent contradictions; this I...

April 2013

April 23, 2013

Intended for More than Relief

What if the reasons we go to church actually perpetuates problems and doesn’t really help...

April 17, 2013

Does Your God Need to Be Fired?

What if the God that you have given your life to, trusted in, and believed...

April 10, 2013

When You Know Better, You Do Better?

There is no question that ignorance can harm us; but I’m not sure knowing better...

March 2013

March 23, 2013

Off the Cliff of Surrender

For those of you who have been reading my writings for a while, you may...

March 13, 2013

God Stories

God is active in every story, and as such, He is often the invisible Character....

February 2013

February 27, 2013

The busy, dizzy bustle in this lonely, lonely world. Traffic moving forward. People moving back....

February 26, 2013

Our Needs are Holy

For those of you who have children, particularly young children, you know that one of...

February 20, 2013

Poetry: American Sons by Randy Woodley

Today, I'm posting about the American enterprise of war but really more about how precious...

February 14, 2013

Invited to Question

I love the Bible. For some of you reading this that might seem strange; for...

February 12, 2013

Poetry : Randy Woodley, The Haunting (A Tribute to Richard Twiss)

Over the next several months I will be posting some of my poetry every Wednesday....

January 2013

January 30, 2013

I AM A TAKER

In AA’s big book on page 61, a question is asked, “What is his basic...