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June 2024

June 25, 2024

Are Christian Apologetics Still Relevant?

What is Apologetics? Historically, apologetics is the task of presenting a well-reasoned, intellectual defense of...

June 21, 2024

Exploring the Spiritual Depths of Psalm 42

Psalm 42 My morning prayers, Lauds today had me thinking about Psalm 42. It got...

June 19, 2024

The Spiritual Journey of Being Present

The process of being present is a spiritual journey. I was talking to a client...

June 13, 2024

Questing: Three Days on the Appalachian Trail

Questing is a spiritual practice that helps one clarify the mind and free oneself temporarily...

June 07, 2024

What Defines Our Humanity?

What Shapes Our Humanity? What shapes our humanity? I was having a conversation the other...

June 05, 2024

Exploring Jewish Ontology

Tales from the Holocaust How does a Jewish Ontology inform our Christian faith? This semester,...

June 02, 2024

Transform Your Life: Practical Tips for Spiritual Growth

If you do not like who you are, you won’t like who you are becoming....

June 02, 2024

Is Non-Duality the Key to Liberation from Ego?

From “Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander”: Thomas Merton, pages 153-154 In Louisville, at the corner...

May 2024

May 26, 2024

“My leg hairs are part of me”

An odd title indeed. It has been an odd week. This line was made to...

May 25, 2024

Embracing a Childlike Wonder in our Spiritual Practice

The writer Paul offers in 1 Corinthians 13 these thoughts, “When I was a child,...

May 19, 2024

Breaking the Stigma: Mental Health Awareness

Mental Health Month May is mental health month. I have been a mental health therapist,...

May 19, 2024

Girard’s Mimetic Theory and Its Relevance Today

Rene Girard Rene Girard, born in 1923 and died in 2015 was a French polymath, historian, literary critic,...

May 11, 2024

The Mothering Qualities of God

“Just as God is truly Father,” she writes, “so also is God truly our Mother.”...

May 08, 2024

The Existence of God According to Aristotle and Avicenna

Hard Things I am a big fan of doing hard things. I have run many...

May 05, 2024

A Conference Was Called: A Story about Transition

A Conference Was Called to Undermine My Race: A Story About Transition Life...

April 2024

April 29, 2024

Why Religion Needs more Spirituality

Churches need more spirituality, less prescription In a recent post on a creedal faith (

April 28, 2024

Rousseau’s Thoughtful Philosophy in Today’s Modern World

Why is everyone anxious? In this post, I want to look at what the...

April 21, 2024

How to Stay Healthy and Active During the Summer Months

A Spiritual Practice of You Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2018, second edition A...

April 21, 2024

Is Socrates Allegory of the Cave Relevant Today?

Is Socrates Allegory of the Cave still relevant in today's spiritual exploration? In Book VII...

April 13, 2024

5 Ways to Cultivate Your Inner Beauty

You As a Spiritual Practice You are a spiritual practice. We are all works...

April 08, 2024

A Creedal Faith After Deconstruction

I am currently teaching an Intro to Philosophy Course at our local community college, as...

April 07, 2024

Who We Can Love

You Can't Say That When I was attempting to be a pastor in several Protestant...

April 06, 2024

Becoming

The quintessential philosophical argument for me boils down to the notion around whether we are...

March 2024

March 30, 2024

The Spiritual Practice of You: Finding Your Center

I was talking to a consultant I have been working with recently and she brought...

March 28, 2024

The Trickle Down Effect of Authoritarian Parenting

I have been a therapist, pastor, and social worker for 22 years. I have...

March 24, 2024

Aging and the Older Athlete: A Spiritual Practice of You

It is curious when you realize that you are the same age as the people...

March 21, 2024

The Spiritual Practice of Intention

“Giannamore! Move with a sense of purpose!” my Drill Instructors used to say when I...

March 15, 2024

Shadow Work: The Spiritual Practice of You

Allegory of the Cave I am teaching an Intro to Philosophy course in a couple...

March 14, 2024

A Pluralist View on Lovingkindness

I have written quite a bit over the years on the topic of lovingkindness, though...

March 10, 2024

Strong Women

Girl Dad I am a girl dad. I have been one for 21...