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May 2026

May 07, 2026
Many Christians do NOT understand non-religious spirituality. Christianity focuses on beliefs, and its beliefs focus...

April 2026

April 30, 2026
How did the Universe begin? How did life begin? How did sentience begin?    ...
April 26, 2026
Real spirituality is embodied—right here and right now.     I wrote about the false...
April 17, 2026
Can we build a community that works for ALL of us?     One of...
April 08, 2026
Don't Fear the Reaper A glimpse of mortality can bring attention and presence to our...
April 02, 2026
My actual life is ephemeral, finite and fleeting. That's the point. That's why it's meaningful,...

March 2026

March 25, 2026
Spirituality requires both curiosity and skepticism. I wrote about the dubious existence of souls here....
March 19, 2026
Eventually, I will fall asleep for the last time. It's OK if I do NOT...
March 13, 2026
Many people are concerned about existential questions. Maybe the metacrisis and the threats of climate...
March 05, 2026
There is Oneness beyond the apparent separation of good or bad, right or wrong. Today,...

February 2026

February 28, 2026
Meaningful spiritual practice is embodied. A Zen teacher told me that the biggest obstacle to...
February 19, 2026
There is NOT necessarily anything woo-woo about transcendence. Recently, I read about the 80/20 rule...
February 14, 2026
Do we create our gods, or do our gods create us? In The Way, I...
February 05, 2026
Is it a good or bad thing if the church fails as an institution?  ...

January 2026

January 29, 2026
Has church become the last stronghold of political conservatism?  If so, why is that a...
January 25, 2026
I can think of many instances when the church divided people. I can think of...
January 15, 2026
There are many ways to feel connected to something larger than ourselves. Many of them...
January 08, 2026
Is it possible to resolve the metacrisis? I don't know if it's possible, but it's...
January 05, 2026
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? Like a song or a sunset, we can be...
December 18, 2025
What if our spirituality is like our connection to music or nature? Last week, I...
December 15, 2025
According to Buddha, the three marks of existence are impermanence, no self and suffering. In...
December 04, 2025
"Truth with a capital T" is universal. If we are having trouble convincing someone of...

November 2025

November 29, 2025
We can weigh our beliefs against our evidence and experience. If some of our beliefs...
November 20, 2025
Today, fewer people believe in virgin births and physical resurrections, which were common beliefs in...
November 16, 2025
Our society is increasingly divisive, individualistic and insensitive. And in this environment, some people struggle...
November 06, 2025
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, but they do NOT embrace the political division...
October 27, 2025
In The Way, I described my rocky relationship with organized religion. Sometimes, people ask me,...
October 19, 2025
Do you find that Christian church services are formulaic, irrelevant and unengaging? If many people...
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