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September 2023

September 30, 2023

Practical Spirituality: Key Questions

Seekers go through two stages in their spiritual journey: exploring and applying. During the exploration...

September 14, 2023

Conscious Spiritual Homeostasis

Can we apply the same principles the body uses for homeostasis to spiritual living? In...

August 2023

August 10, 2023

Why the Spiritual-But-Not-Religious Movement Will Ultimately Fail

My prediction is that the spiritual-but-not-religious movement will ultimately fail. It pains me to say...

June 2023

June 17, 2023

The Spiritual Act of Fatherhood

Rather than being mere sperm donors, men can transform fatherhood into a spiritual act when...

June 14, 2023

Spirituality for Broken People

I was broken when I first ventured outside the realm of traditional religion. Family circumstances...

January 2023

January 30, 2023

Dear Fellow Spiritual Seekers: We Are Too Serious

My daughter asked me which three movies I’d take with me to a desert island....

January 06, 2023

The Ten Most Read Articles of 2022: Interspirituality for the Modern Day Seeker

Humanity, interfaith ministry, beliefs, integral theory, moments of peace, Christianity and Buddhism, faith definitions, trans-rational...

December 2022

December 12, 2022

All or Nothing Thinking May Be Limiting Your Interspiritual Journey

One of the many wise things that Yogi Shanti Desai, my teacher and mentor for...

December 09, 2022

Faith: Beyond Reason

“Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.” M....

November 2022

November 28, 2022

Nonduality Without Apathy: How I Keep Non-Attachment from Turning Into Indifference

I fell in love with the concept of nonduality in my early twenties. The concepts...

November 21, 2022

The Universal Spiritual Acts of Experimentation, Contemplation, Love and Service

“Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he...

November 07, 2022

Introducing the Monk of All Faiths

Last year, I published a small book titled Monk of All Faiths. I based the...

October 2022

October 31, 2022

Spirituality and Death: From Valhalla and Heaven to Transition and Nonduality

Human mortality is at the heart of many spiritual traditions. What happens after death? Do...

October 28, 2022

Is Your Spiritual Teacher Parroting?

We all know what parroting means in communications. It’s repeating precisely what someone else said...

October 24, 2022

The Paths of Oneness and Goodness Are Not the Same: They Exist Side by Side

Devotees on the two primary spiritual paths of experience, the paths of Oneness and Goodness,...

October 03, 2022

Interspiritual Explorers Are Lonely

“I’ve never spoken to anyone about this,” a recent client told me. “My wife is...

September 2022

September 08, 2022

Three Ways to Interpret the Chakra System

Changing the spatial relationship with the chakra system can alter interpretations dramatically. Unlike some people,...

September 05, 2022

Being a Spiritual Seeker Can Be Both a Sign of Weakness and Strength

People seek for different reasons. Some are lost. Others are explorers. The reason motivates the...

August 2022

August 25, 2022

What Deceased Spiritual Teachers Cannot Teach Us

I revere much of the wisdom that has been preserved in spiritual and religious traditions....

August 08, 2022

An Episcopalian Priest: Half My Congregation Practices Buddhist Meditation

About five years ago, I met an Episcopalian priest for coffee. I was a newly...

August 04, 2022

How To Practice Interspirituality

In a previous article, I defined ‘interspirituality’ as the “exploration of the immaterial or sentient...

August 01, 2022

What is Interspirituality?

What is interspirituality? I’ve studied the pioneers in this field, including Brother Wayne Teasdale (a...

July 2022

July 27, 2022

Why Do Some People View ‘Sacrifice’ as a Dirty Word?

One of my favorite definitions of ‘love’ comes from M. Scott Peck. He said that...

July 25, 2022

Spiritually Interdependent

‘Spiritually independent.’ That’s what a man called himself in response to my article about dropping...

July 21, 2022

Being ‘Not Religious’ Throws the Baby Out With the Bathwater

I was proudly ‘spiritual but not religious’ for twenty years. Here’s why I stopped calling...

June 2022

June 30, 2022

Reading as a Spiritual Practice

Reading has fueled my spiritual life. Here’s how my approach has changed over time.

June 27, 2022

Be Informed by Your Faith or Spiritual Tradition, Lead with Your Humanity

Mr. Rogers and the Dalai Lama are great examples of faith leaders who’ve led with...

May 2022

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…...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

Pitfalls on the Spiritual Path

The spiritual path can be beautiful and uplifting but there are also pitfalls one must...

June 2018

June 23, 2018

Two Traps on the Meditative Path

Meditation is a great practice that has many benefits. Nevertheless, it's important to be aware...

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