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July 2024

July 19, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: The Living Book of The Living

In modern American Evangelical Christianity, the death of Jesus is interpreted as a sacrificial death...

June 2024

June 14, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: The Final Saying

Saying 114 Simon Peter said to them, "Mary should leave us, for females are...

June 07, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: You Will Not See It

Saying 113 His disciples said to him, “On what day will the kingdom come?”...

May 2024

May 12, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: The Hidden Treasure

Saying 109 Jesus said, “The kingdom is like a man who had in his field...

May 03, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Drink From My Mouth

Saying 108 Jesus said, “He who drinks from my mouth will become like me, and...

April 2024

April 26, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: The Kingdom Is Like A Shepherd

Saying 107 Jesus said, “The kingdom is like a shepherd who had a hundred sheep;...

April 25, 2024

Mythical Jesus, Mystical Christ

For many of us, our ideas about Jesus have shifted since the early days...

April 18, 2024

Our Necessary Chaos

As I was interviewing author Mary Terhune [Out of the Blue] for my Second Cup...

April 14, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: The Son Of A Harlot

Saying 105 Jesus said, “He who knows father and mother will be called the son...

March 2024

March 30, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Blessed Is The Man

Saying 103 Jesus said, “Blessed is the man who knows in which part of the...

March 21, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Like A Dog

Saying 102 Jesus said, “Woe to the Pharisees, for they are like a dog sleeping...

March 11, 2024

More Than Human

Over the weekend, I picked up a book that I had started to read over...

March 01, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Your Brothers and Mother

Saying 99 The disciples said to him, “Your brothers and your mother are standing outside.”...

February 2024

February 26, 2024

Unknowing: The New Religion of Unlearning

Over the weekend I was reading through Ursula K. Le Guin’s masterful novel THE...

February 23, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Killing Your Inner Man

Saying 98 Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who wanted to...

February 16, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: The Kingdom Is A Leaky Jar

Saying 97 Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is like a woman carrying a jar...

February 05, 2024

Loving The Tree and Hating The Fruit

His disciples said to him, "Who are you, since you say these things...

January 2024

January 19, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: You Do Not Ask

Saying 92 Jesus said: “Seek, and you will find; but the things you asked me...

January 17, 2024

How Do We Overcome the Illusion of Separation?

In my book, SOLA DEUS: What If God Is All Of Us?, I talk about...

January 06, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Find Rest For Yourselves

SAYING 90 Jesus said, “Come to me, for my yoke is easy and my lordship...

January 03, 2024

Dreamtime Epiphany

So, I had a weird dream the other night. My grandfather [Papa James] was helping...

December 2023

December 26, 2023

Building The New Without Fighting The Old

Over the last few months I've been going through a bit of a paradigm shift....

December 20, 2023

I Am. You Are.

I Am. You Are. When the one who is hungry reminds me of me When...

December 08, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Birds and Foxes

SAYING 86 Jesus says: "The foxes have holes and the birds have their nests...

October 2023

October 20, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Blessed Is The Womb

SAYING 79 A woman in the crowd said to him, “Blessed is the womb which...

June 2023

June 30, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: That Which Is Integrated

SAYING 61: Jesus said, "Two will repose on a couch: one will die, one...

May 2023

May 25, 2023

Embracing Mercerism: The Futuristic Religion of Philip K. Dick

In his novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, author Philip K. Dick imagines a...

May 19, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Refuse To Be Divided

SAYING 55: Jesus said, "Those who do not hate their fathers and their mothers...

May 12, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Blessed Are The Poor

Saying 54: Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor, for yours in the Kingdom of God.”...

May 05, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: The Benefits of Spiritual Circumcision

Saying 53: His disciples said to him, “Is circumcision beneficial or not?” He said to...