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November 2022

November 04, 2022

Interfaith Methods Don’t Work in Politics: Especially Not in the USA

I hoped interfaith methods would work to bridge political divides. After five years of offering...

October 2022

October 14, 2022

Can Spanking Tell Us Whether God is Internal or External?

Aldous Huxley was best known for his dystopian novel Brave New World. Readers may remember...

May 2022

May 23, 2022

Idolizing People Can Cause Us to Betray Our Values

The dangers of idolizing people seem to be equally true about the admiration of gurus...

May 16, 2022

Cultivating Rage Probably Goes Against the Teachings of Your Tradition

The us vs. them paradigm is spreading and rage is being cultivated across the board…...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

What Do Followers Want?

According to Huston Smith, followers do not want what other people think they want. His...

June 20, 2018

The Hardening of America

Even amateur observers have noticed the hardening of America in recent years. Is this a...

May 2018

May 20, 2018

Heartbreaking Global Warming Explanation

It was heartbreaking when I had to explain to my fifteen-year-old son that a number...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

We Have to Talk to Each Other

Dialogue is the foundation of democracy. Let us reignite the tradition of respectful dialogue about...

April 12, 2018

Countering the Undercurrent of Acrimony

When an undercurrent of acrimony is pulling us in the wrong direction, we may want...

March 2018

March 20, 2018

Addicted to Controversy?

From clicks to eyeballs, division and controversy seem to be the only things that get...

January 2018

January 31, 2018

How To Talk About Religion and Politics

If we want to have civil discussions about religion and politics, we have to make...

January 14, 2018

Relevant MLK Quotes

Martin Luther King Jr. quotes on nonviolence, science, brotherhood, competition, communication, selflessness, injustice, great nations,...

December 2017

December 11, 2017

Does Religion Equal Division?

There seems to be an easy answer to this question but there is more to...

December 04, 2017

The Moral Aspect of Taxes

Every tax debate has moral implications. We pay taxes to maintain a civilized society but...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

Who Will Hear My Critique?

It is easy to critique and throw insults. However, if you want another person to...

November 06, 2017

Can You Wrestle a Pig Without Getting Dirty?

Why self-described spiritual people have mostly stayed out of politics and why it is getting...

October 2017

October 18, 2017

Using Pluralism Against Pluralists

Extremists and fundamentalists are using pluralism against us. It’s called pluralistic aikido and it’s kind...

October 12, 2017

Can We Talk Now?

We need to discuss Vegas, climate change, racism, religious rifts, and more, but before we...

October 06, 2017

Secular Means Both All Religions and No Religion

Although often defined as nonreligious, being secular is about not wanting preferential treatment for one...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

Balance Ideology With Humanity

We are dehumanizing each other more and more and that is a real danger in...

September 23, 2017

The Three Faces of Religion

The negative effects of the third are as common as the positive effects are rare.

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