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August 2025

August 01, 2025

INNER CIRCLE: Giving and Receiving

“Faith is receiving. Love is giving. No one is able to receive without faith, and...

December 2024

December 02, 2024

Spiritual Lessons From Braiding Sweetgrass

Imagine sitting around a campfire, where each log crackles and sparks, casting warm, flickering light...

October 2023

October 31, 2023

The Answer To Everything?

What if I told you I had the answer to all of humankind's greatest problems?...

May 2023

May 07, 2023

Waking Up

Imagine, just for a moment, finding a place where you feel safe being who...

March 2023

March 27, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Blessed Are The Whole Ones

Saying 49: Jesus said, “Blessed are the whole ones and the chosen for you...

March 17, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Riding Two Horses?

Saying 47: Jesus said, "A person cannot (at the same time) mount two horses...

February 2023

February 03, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Empty-Handed Faith

SAYING 41: Jesus says: "To him who has in his hand, more will be...

February 02, 2023

Answering Questions About God, Hell and the Bible

I get questions from people on a regular basis via social media. People reach out...

January 2023

January 26, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: The Impossible Grapevine

SAYING 40: Jesus said, "A grapevine has been planted outside the father. And because it...

January 06, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Stripped Naked

SAYING 37: His disciples said, "When will you be shown forth to us and...

December 2022

December 30, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Worry Not

SAYING 36: Jesus said, "Do not worry from dawn to dusk and from dusk to...

December 29, 2022

Progressive Christianity Year In Review 2022

Now that this year is just about over, let's take some time to look back...

December 16, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Only The Blind Require A Guide

SAYING 34: Jesus said, "If a blind person leads a blind person both will fall...

December 09, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Preach To Yourself

SAYING 33: Jesus said, "Whatever you hear with your ear, proclaim upon your rooftops...

November 2022

November 17, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Christ In All Things

Saying 30: Jesus said, "Where there are [three], they are without God, and where there...

November 10, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Which Came First: The Spirit or The Flesh?

Saying 29 Jesus said: “If the flesh came into existence because of the spirit, it is...

October 2022

October 21, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Eyes To See

Saying 26: Jesus said: “You see the mote which is in your brother's eye; but...

October 05, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: The Place Where You Are

Saying 24: His disciples said: “Teach us about the place where you are, for it...

September 2022

September 22, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: When The Two Become One

Saying 22: Jesus saw some infants who were being suckled. He said to his...

September 14, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Naked In Our Presence

Saying 21: Mary said to Jesus, "Whom are your disciples like?" He said, "They...

August 2022

August 25, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: The Beginning and The End

SAYING 18: The disciples said to Jesus, “Tell us how our end will be.” Jesus...

July 2022

July 27, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: That Which Defiles You

SAYING 14: Jesus said to them: “If you fast, you will bring forth sin for...

July 25, 2022

What Is Progressive Christian Theology?

This is a hard question to answer, because honestly, even Progressive Christians don’t totally...

July 23, 2022

Escaping The Evangelical Cult

About 3 years ago, I started an online course called Square 1 which has since...

July 21, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Intoxicating Water

Saying 13, “Jesus said to his disciples, “Compare me to someone and tell me who...

July 12, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Trolling The Disciples

Saying 12: "The disciples asked Jesus, "We know that you will leave us. Who will...

July 08, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: As Heaven Fades Away

Saying 11: “Jesus said: "This heaven will pass away, and the one above it...

June 2022

June 29, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Casting Fire

Saying 10: "Jesus said, "I have cast fire upon the world, and behold, I am...

June 24, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: The Parable of the Extravagant Sower

The Parable of The Extravagant Sower Saying 9: "Jesus said, "Now the sower went out,...

June 08, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: The Parable of the Wise Fisherman

Saying 8: "And he [Jesus] said, "The man is like a wise fisherman who...