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July 2026

July 31, 2026

How to Fill the Hole Religion Left Behind

When traditional religion stopped making sense, I had to create a spiritual practice of my...

April 2026

April 26, 2026

3 Lessons from the Stoics: Staying Sane in a Cuckoo World

How to stay informed—without losing your cool or your sanity. These days, it’s hard to...

January 2026

January 02, 2026

Six Tips to Rediscover Your Spirituality in 2026

Can it really be 2026, twenty-six years into the new century? I could ask...

December 2025

December 26, 2025

Pope Leo’s Secret Influence: A 17th Century Monk

Recently the journalist Cindy Wooden asked Pope Leo about his favorite book, one that would...

November 2025

November 01, 2025

How to Stay Calm in the Center of the Storm

A Spiritual Survival Guide for Crazy Times It's hard to believe it was just five years...

October 2025

October 11, 2025

The Beginner’s Guide to Spiritual Practice

Ever have the feeling in the pit of your stomach that something’s missing? An inner...

August 2025

August 26, 2025

A Modern Prayer for the Spiritual, Not Religious

Are you spiritual but not religious (SBNR)? Are you feeling overwhelmed by the nonstop negativity...

August 15, 2025

Spiritual but Not Religious? A Path to Finding God Within

How a unique spiritual practice can help you find God. It has been 50 years...

April 2025

April 25, 2025

Finding Calm in Chaos: A Guide to Managing Fear

“He who is afraid of a thing gives it power over him.” ~Ancient proverb Are...

March 2025

March 08, 2025

The Lost Art of Being Alone (It’s More Important Than Ever)

When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude, it can no...

October 2024

October 18, 2024

6 Simple Ways to Rediscover the Joy of Life

Do you ever find yourself disconnected from life, more concerned with your to-do list or...

October 05, 2024

The Joy of Being an Everyday Mystic

In her latest book Ordinary Mysticism: Your Life as Sacred Ground, Mirabai Starr seeks to...

January 2024

January 04, 2024

“A jolt for the soul, a thunderbolt of profound insight.”

This week I’m taking a break from my regular spiritual fare, to tell you a...

December 2023

December 27, 2023

How to Improve Your Spiritual Well-Being—Sunup to Sundown

The following story is one of 112 included in my new book "Wake Up Call:...

November 2023

November 03, 2023

Awe: What It Means. How to Experience It.

Awe is the emotion you feel when you encounter vast mysteries you don’t understand. It...

August 2023

August 31, 2023

6 Ways to Reignite Your Spiritual Flame

Do you consider yourself “spiritual, but not religious? (Aka SBNR.) If you’re like the majority of Wake...

July 2023

July 20, 2023

3 Spiritual Exercises to See Like a Mystic

In Richard Rohr’s The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See, the Franciscan...

July 06, 2023

The Amazing Power of “Listening to Flowers”

“Nature is the ultimate healer.” That’s a telling quote from Dina Saalisi and her book*...

June 2023

June 30, 2023

Are You Spiritually Awake?

I’ve been challenged by Richard Rohr—and so have you. He has asked us to take...

August 2022

August 04, 2022

5 Simple Laws for a Happy, Contented Life

As we grow spiritually, we can sometimes get ahead of ourselves. We may think of ourselves...

July 2022

July 14, 2022

24-Hours of Spirituality: From Waking Up to Bedtime

What is your first thought upon awakening? How often is it about physical or emotional...

July 06, 2022

6 Portable Spiritual Practices—from a Spiritual Master

Q: Any advice for the spiritual practitioner who may be stuck or who needs to...

April 2022

April 27, 2022

You’ve Reached a Spiritual Dead End. Now What?

Have you been in a spiritual rut lately? The definition of being in a rut...

April 06, 2022

A Mystical, 800-Year Old Way to Connect with God

Are you familiar with Kabbalah? It’s an ancient Jewish tradition that interprets the Bible through a...

March 2022

March 30, 2022

How Preparing for Death Makes Life More Meaningful

Is there ever an appropriate time to contemplate your own death? Like grief, death is...

October 2021

October 20, 2021

Eyes Wide Open: Meditating While Walking

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

September 2020

September 24, 2020

If You’re Not Drowning, You’re a Lifeguard (2020)

I first wrote a story with this title a few years ago, but now it’s...

September 17, 2020

A Woman Takes Ayahuasca and Discovers a Universal Truth

Years ago, there was a spirituality and life blogger I followed who went by the...

September 03, 2020

The Prayer Banned 6 Centuries Ago—and its Amazing Return

This story appears in the new book Wake Up Call: Daily Insights for the Spiritually...

August 2020

August 27, 2020

5 Fresh Spiritual Practices for Crazy Times

How do you stay sane when the world around you is going nuts? In his...