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February 2022

February 23, 2022

How to Deal with Grief

In Western society, we don’t like to talk much about death. It’s something we try...

February 16, 2022

The Secret to Happiness—as Discovered by a Harvard Scientist

What do you want from life? As you grow older and move into the second...

February 09, 2022

11 Zen Koans to Open Up Your Mind

If you’re like me, you’ve long dismissed koans as silly wordplay. I mean, what’s one...

February 02, 2022

What Jesus Told the Medium to the Stars

What if I told you I had a lengthy message from Jesus? Only it’s not...

January 2022

January 26, 2022

The Lazy Person’s Guide to Meditation

I’ve written about meditation many times at Wake Up Call. In fact, so many times...

January 19, 2022

What Will You Do with The Rest of Your Life?

The role of a fully realized human being is to arrive at the door of...

January 12, 2022

5 Mindfulness Tips from an Origami Master

Have you ever tried origami? It’s the Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes...

January 03, 2022

How to Have a More Fulfilling New Year

Have you ever heard of Blaise Pascal? A true Renaissance man, he was a mathematician,...

December 2021

December 28, 2021

5 Steps to Being a More Loving Human Being

Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up....

December 22, 2021

The “I Love Christmas Movies” Trivia Quiz

Do you love Christmas movies as much as my family? There are certain movies we...

December 16, 2021

The Untold Story of the Birth of Jesus

You probably know the story told every Christmas about how Jesus was born to Mary...

December 07, 2021

How to Find God’s Hiding Place

Have you ever had the feeling that God was missing in action? You feel the...

December 01, 2021

Were the Earliest Christians Sipping Psychedelic Wine?

The early Christian church was not the church you and I know today. It was...

November 2021

November 23, 2021

3 Short Thanksgiving Prayers for the SBNR

It’s customary in many homes to say a prayer before Thanksgiving dinner. Yet, if you...

November 17, 2021

Are You Mastering the 7 Core Values of Life?

You’ve probably heard the old dictum from Socrates that “an unexamined life is not worth...

November 10, 2021

The Spiritual Wisdom of Ted Lasso

Have you seen the TV show Ted Lasso? It’s the story of an American college...

November 03, 2021

Does Time Go Faster as You Age? (4 Musings on Time)

A few nights ago, I had a dream that I was at work. Only instead...

October 2021

October 28, 2021

Becoming Like God: Wisdom from Jewish Mysticism

The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of...

October 20, 2021

Eyes Wide Open: Meditating While Walking

When you think of meditation, what image comes to mind? You might picture a person...

October 13, 2021

The Rich Spiritual Life of 2 NFL-players with ALS

The next time you’re feeling sorry for yourself—maybe you’ve had a bad day at work...

October 06, 2021

What is Aging Asking of You?

As we grow older, we also grow more spiritual. At least that has been my...

September 2021

September 29, 2021

Are You on the Right Path in Life?

The question you see above is one I ask of myself every now and then....

September 22, 2021

What To Do When Life Goes to Sh*t

Q: “I’m 61 and feeling down. Like everything is falling apart around me and I...

September 14, 2021

Premonitions: Messages from God or Something Stranger?

Have you ever had a premonition? It’s the feeling that something good or bad is...

September 09, 2021

10 Rules for Turning Fate into Your Friend

“You don’t get life right. Life gets you right.” In the book Wisdom, Apprenticing to...

September 01, 2021

The 50 Miracles of Jesus: Fact or Fiction?

In the early 1810s, a newly retired Thomas Jefferson took on a project that no...

August 2021

August 25, 2021

3 New Prayers for the Spiritual but not Religious

One of my most popular columns over the past few years is “3 Daily Prayers for...

August 18, 2021

Are You Versed in the Fine Art of Doing Nothing?

My family was recently watching the oddly entertaining miniseries White Lotus, which is set in...

August 11, 2021

An 8-Point Buddhist Guide to Being a Better Person

Bob Thurman may be the best-known American Buddhist living today. A long-time professor of Buddhist...

August 04, 2021

A Guide to Stillness (and Deep Inner Peace)

How much stillness do you have in your life? Stillness is defined as “a calm,...