Paths Through the Forests

People need to figure out what works best for them. For me, that just happened to end up being Naturalism, a form of Atheism.

Mission:Work

We all love the feeling of getting a major project done and rue the feeling of time wasted and days frittered away.

Jappers and Janglers

In a world of hustle-and-bustle, the silence of an icon corner casts out fear and doubt.

Thought Life

Liddell gave up the glory of man. He gave up on trying to be popular, cool, accepted by elites, rich, and impressive. He cast all that aside.

Laughing in Disbelief

Here are five topics I bring up with my kids to prepare them for the onslaught of cultish hippos.

American Buddhist Perspectives

Tourists have been deported from some Asian countries for publicly displaying tattoos of Buddha.

Spiritual Direction 101

Young adult clients need spiritual directors who are comfortable with them "trying on" a lot of different paths in order to find what's right for them.

Following Ruth

The one thing you will definitely hear at some point when you contact a rabbi about conversion is about your willingness to endure antisemitism.

American Buddhist Perspectives

The Zone, or Flow, has been described in cultures around the world, but has a special connection to the Buddhist practice of mindfulness.

Faith Forward

Bruce is a social media guru and a pastor on cutting edge issues such as racism, parenting, and the future church.

Unfundamentalist Christians

The more we foster the myth that LGB and T are the same, the more Trans issues become hidden away within the fight for "gay" rights.

Letters from Elfland

It is this sense of fraternity, of "God's abiding presence in all that is," that I see when I read about the Wood Wide Web.

Preventing Grace

I feel for the Salon author. The contrast between her and Kerri Walsh Jennings is glorious. On the one hand, pinched bitterness. On the other hand, joy.