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February 2026

February 12, 2026

Welcome To The Second Axial Age: Will We Survive?

In a recent conversation with Dr. Shaleen Kendrick on my solo podcast, SECOND CUP WITH...

February 17, 2025

Why Posting on Social Media Won’t Change Anything

We all know the feeling: you see something infuriating on social media and, before you...

January 2025

January 07, 2025

7 Ways To Help People In Palestine

Practical Steps for Compassion in Action If you've been paying attention to the news, you’ve...

January 01, 2025

How To Retrain Your Algorithm For A Better New Year

Do you ever feel like your social media feed is a constant barrage of bad...

December 2024

December 06, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: What Is Within You?

When the Blessed One had said these things, he blessed them all saying, “Peace...

November 2024

November 04, 2024

Understanding This Moment in History

The Fourth Turning Why America Might Be in a Major Crisis (and What Comes Next)...

September 2024

September 10, 2024

When Trump Loses: How Restorative Justice Saves Us All

Rolling Stone magazine recently published an article asking, "What If Trump Wins?" that sounds all...

July 2024

July 14, 2024

Our Only Hope?

Yesterday, Wendy and I took our son Dylan to see a film together. As the...

May 2024

May 14, 2024

The Resurrection of the Heretic Happy Hour Podcast

Seven years ago, I walked into a room with a guy I barely knew and...

April 2024

April 18, 2024

Our Necessary Chaos

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

March 2024

March 16, 2024

Why Deconstruction Is About National Security

If you don't know what Project 2025 is, you need to stop whatever you're doing...

March 11, 2024

More Than Human

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

February 2024

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 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 01, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Great Power and Wealth

SAYING 85 Jesus said, "It is from a great power and a great wealth that...

September 2023

September 29, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: The Treasure That Endures

SAYING 76 Jesus said, “The kingdom of the Father is like a merchant who had...

September 08, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Unemployment In God’s Kingdom

SAYING 73 - Jesus said, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. So...

June 2023

June 23, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: A Place of Rest Within Yourself

SAYING 60: [The saw] a Samaritan carrying a lamb as he went into Judaea....

June 02, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: The Good Seed

SAYING 57: Jesus said, "What the kingdom of the father resembles is a man who...

April 2023

April 29, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: He Who Lives In Your Presence

Saying 52: His disciples said to him, “Twenty-four prophets spoke in Israel, and they...

April 20, 2023

The Shocking Truth About Jesus, Horus and Mithras

Let me start off by telling you a story first. See if you’ve heard...

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 24, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: If Two Make Peace

Saying 48: Jesus said, "If two make peace with one another within a single house...

March 23, 2023

Top 10 Reasons To Deconstruct Your Faith

I came across a fascinating article the other day in a most unexpected place -...

March 03, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Shadows and Light

SAYING 45: Jesus said, "Grapes are not harvested from thorn trees, nor are figs...

February 2023

February 24, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Neither On Earth Nor In Heaven

SAYING 44: Jesus said, "Whoever utters blasphemy against the father will be forgiven. And whoever...

February 21, 2023

The Kingdom Is Within You

“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he...

February 17, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Who Are You?

SAYING 43: His disciples said to him, "Who are you, since you say these things...