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Larry Jordan spent 25 years in investment banking, assisting companies, governments, and non-profit agencies in issuing over $10 billion of municipal bonds for capital projects and cash flows. In 2011, Larry quit his job and sold his house to spend his life in service. He drove veterans to the VA clinic, prepared 1,000 tax returns for low-income families, and taught middle school in Africa. Larry traveled around the world, read over 1,000 books about spirituality, and had some powerful experiences, including baking in a sweat lodge, chanting to Shiva, and whirling with the dervishes. Larry is a follower of Jesus with a Zen practice. He wrote "The Way: Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World," which was informed by the Eastern religions, the mystics, and quantum physicists. "The Way" received a 2024 Nautilus Book Award.

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Should We Abolish the IRS?

Should we really fire the people who collect the money? Tax Day... read more

What Should We Do with the "Savings" from...

Do you think that Jesus would take money from the poor? I... read more

Do We Need Government to Help the Needy?

The government has to be an essential partner in helping the needy,... read more

Compassion and Wisdom in the Buddhist Precepts

The Buddhist precepts help us to determine right and wrong. Some of... read more

Listening, Receiving and Reflecting on Truth

Quakers do NOT mandate particular beliefs. They do not require that members... read more

Three Lives, One Journey: My Evolving Search for...

Thank you for reading "You Might Be Right." The more that I... read more

Unconditional Love in a Divided World

Can we practice unconditional love in a divided world? Sometimes, we judge... read more

Anger and Othering in Politics and Religion

We develop insight when we deconstruct, since we know how we used... read more

We Learn When We Challenge Our Beliefs

We can learn a lot by subjecting our beliefs to thought experiments. A... read more

Reality is Fluid, Holistic, Intangible and Relational

Nothing intrinsically exists apart from everything else. This is a concept that... read more

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