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December 2025

December 07, 2025

The Spirituality of Dolly Parton: A Christmas Reflection

The temperatures outside are plummeting and the holiday decorations are going up. In cities, towns...

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...

September 2025

September 10, 2025

The Spiritual Person’s Guide to Insomnia

A guide to being awake in the middle of the night. Photo via Alexa Gore...

March 2025

March 14, 2025

What a Guy Who Interviewed 500+ Spiritual Seekers Discovered

Welcome to the first-ever Wake Up Call guest column! The following blog post was written...

October 2024

October 11, 2024

Willie Nelson at 91: Wisdom, Faith, and the Road Ahead

The Tao of Willie Nelson: Wisdom, Religion and Life Lessons Willie Nelson turned 91 years...

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...

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:...

December 14, 2023

The Joys of Finding Christmas Within

It’s the holiday season. And whether you’re a Christian or not, it’s a special time...

October 2023

October 25, 2023

Is Dolly Parton Religious?

She’s an American icon. A beloved singer and actress, just the thought of Dolly Parton...

September 2022

September 14, 2022

The Feeling We’re Connected to Something Bigger

All my life I’ve experienced a sense of wonder that has to do with something...

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...

May 2022

May 04, 2022

Was the Secret to Life Revealed in 1897?

Every few years, a spirituality bestseller comes out that captures the imagination of the public....

November 2021

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...

October 2021

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...

April 2021

April 07, 2021

Do You Possess the 8 Insights of a Spiritually Mature Person

The American monk Thomas Merton once told a story about climbing the ladder of success....

February 2021

February 04, 2021

Where Will the Spiritual Path Take You?

Jack Kornfield tells the story of the late Buddhist monk Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche who was...

July 2020

July 01, 2020

A 10-Step Guide to Leading a More Spiritual Life

We are spiritual beings having a human experience. ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Did you used...

April 2020

April 27, 2020

The Only Thing You Can Change is You

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change...

April 14, 2020

The Spiritual Person’s Guide to Drinking Through the Coronavirus

Is it 5:00 yet? These are words you’ll hear almost daily in our house as...

October 2019

October 07, 2019

7 Spiritual Lessons from Justin Bieber (Really)

What do you do if you’re an ultra-rich, celebrity pop star and you realize your...

September 2019

September 23, 2019

Are You Giving Your Soul What It Wants?

Do you live life in touch with your innermost feelings—or do you live strictly through...

September 16, 2019

9 Powerful Spiritual Truths—from the Mindful Lawyer

Sometimes you can find spiritual guidance in the strangest places. Like the ABA Journal, an...

May 2019

May 15, 2019

Stillness Speaks: The Eckhart Tolle 2-Minute Reader

What’s the best spirituality book of our time? If you asked most spiritually-minded readers to...

November 2018

November 07, 2018

Finding God without Church (Spirituality for the Rest of Us)

Did you know that one of America’s greatest philosophers, Ralph Waldo Emerson, was once a...

May 2018

May 09, 2018

The Case Against Gurus

Why do you need a guru? If you fall down, then pick yourself up and...

March 2018

March 24, 2018

3 good reasons not to kill yourself

You may be wondering why there’s a story about committing suicide on the pages of...

January 2018

January 15, 2018

3 Spiritual Insights from Bono’s Brush with Death

The rock star Bono of the band U2 is well known for his activism and...

September 2017

September 07, 2017

A Definition of God: For the Spiritual but Not Religious

All my life I’ve experienced a sense of wonder that has to do with something...

April 2017

April 06, 2017

Was the Best Spirituality Book of All Time Written 120 Years Ago?

Every few years there’s a spirituality book that captures the imagination of the public and...