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March 2026

March 19, 2026

Are We Simply Stirred into the Cosmic Soup?

Eventually, I will fall asleep for the last time. It's OK if I do NOT...

March 13, 2026

What Happens When We Die?

Many people are concerned about existential questions. Maybe the metacrisis and the threats of climate...

March 05, 2026

Guest Column: A Moment of Clarity by Kevin Curnutt

There is Oneness beyond the apparent separation of good or bad, right or wrong. Today,...

February 2026

February 28, 2026

One Person Listened. One Life was Saved.

Meaningful spiritual practice is embodied. A Zen teacher told me that the biggest obstacle to...

February 19, 2026

Pay Attention. Look for the Helpers. Be a Helper.

There is NOT necessarily anything woo-woo about transcendence. Recently, I read about the 80/20 rule...

February 14, 2026

How Do We Recover Our Sense of Transcendence?

Do we create our gods, or do our gods create us? In The Way, I...

February 05, 2026

Church Leaders Seem To Be Sleeping Through A Wake-Up Call

Is it a good or bad thing if the church fails as an institution? ...

January 2026

January 29, 2026

Our Politics Shapes Our Spirituality

Has church become the last stronghold of political conservatism? If so, why is that a...

January 25, 2026

Do You Know 100 People Who Were Transformed by Spirituality?

I can think of many instances when the church divided people. I can think of...

January 15, 2026

What Does Spirituality Look Like Without God?

There are many ways to feel connected to something larger than ourselves. Many of them...

January 08, 2026

Is Bad Theology Responsible for the Metacrisis?

Is it possible to resolve the metacrisis? I don't know if it's possible, but it's...

January 05, 2026

The Benefits of Deconstructing Our Beliefs

There are many advantages to faith deconstruction. Often, we experience or observe some of the...

December 2025

December 25, 2025

Is God or the Universe Intentional?

Is God or the Universe intentional? Like a song or a sunset, we can be...

December 18, 2025

Can Spirituality Be Relational, but Not Personal?

What if our spirituality is like our connection to music or nature? Last week, I...

December 15, 2025

Why Would Anyone Spend a Week in Meditation?

According to Buddha, the three marks of existence are impermanence, no self and suffering. In...

December 04, 2025

Free Speech, Harm, Privilege, and Truth

"Truth with a capital T" is universal. If we are having trouble convincing someone of...

November 2025

November 29, 2025

We Can Change Our Beliefs. Sometimes, We Should

We can weigh our beliefs against our evidence and experience. If some of our beliefs...

November 20, 2025

What Does It Mean to Believe Responsibly?

Today, fewer people believe in virgin births and physical resurrections, which were common beliefs in...

November 16, 2025

How Do We Cultivate Meaningful Connections?

Our society is increasingly divisive, individualistic and insensitive. And in this environment, some people struggle...

November 06, 2025

Black-and-White and Gray All Over

Complex issues are rarely black-and-white. Further, many seemingly straightforward issues are actually complex issues, riddled...

October 2025

October 31, 2025

Many Former Christians Continue to Embrace Jesus

Many former Christians continue to embrace Jesus, but they do NOT embrace the political division...

October 27, 2025

“Is There Anything That You Like About Christianity?”

In The Way, I described my rocky relationship with organized religion. Sometimes, people ask me,...

October 19, 2025

Why Isn’t the Church More Important to More People?

Do you find that Christian church services are formulaic, irrelevant and unengaging? If many people...

October 07, 2025

What Is Interspirituality, and Why Is It Important?

There are common themes that recur in many religions, and they are consistent in general....

September 2025

September 26, 2025

The Shrinking Church and the Shrinking Clergy

Clergy face challenges in an era of division and secularization. Clergy burnout is real, and...

September 18, 2025

Did Consciousness Develop Recently?

Humans may have developed consciousness recently. The clash of cultures and thoughts elevated the importance...

September 11, 2025

Does Spirituality Demand Activism or Pacifism?

Oneness underlies our apparent separation. Do we act or speak to proselytize people or to...

September 05, 2025

Is “The Way” Narrow or Exclusive or Unique?

What if other traditions contain some "Truth with a capital T?" What if they all...

August 2025

August 28, 2025

Exceptionalism Can Be Exceptionally Harmful

Do we harbor an innate sense of superiority? In recent weeks, I have been writing...

August 21, 2025

Are Humans and Other Animals Altruistic?

It seems reasonable to me that "unselfish" behavior in animals or humans can be similarly...