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Listening, Receiving and Reflecting on Truth
Quakers do NOT mandate particular beliefs. They do not require that members embrace any particular...
February 06, 2025
Three Lives, One Journey: My Evolving Search for Truth
Thank you for reading "You Might Be Right." The more that I write, the more...
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Unconditional Love in a Divided World
Can we practice unconditional love in a divided world? Sometimes, we judge others by their...
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Anger and Othering in Politics and Religion
We develop insight when we deconstruct, since we know how we used to think and...
January 16, 2025
We Learn When We Challenge Our Beliefs
We can learn a lot by subjecting our beliefs to thought experiments. A thought experiment is...
January 09, 2025
Reality is Fluid, Holistic, Intangible and Relational
Nothing intrinsically exists apart from everything else. This is a concept that appears in both...
January 02, 2025
Are We Interconnected, or Are We Separate?
We are essentially interconnected and apparently separate, too. This is a real-life paradox, "both/and," not...
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Serving Others Can Transform Us
Serving others can transform us. There is a Bible story about a rich young man...
December 18, 2024
The Pendulum Swings: Historical Cycles and Interdependence
In The Way, I wrote about historical cycles and interdependence. Do We Really...
December 13, 2024
Zen, Connection, and Mindfulness: A Journey Beyond Doctrine
Mindfulness and spiritual practice help us to realize our connectedness to everyone and everything. ...
December 05, 2024
Creativity Meets Spirituality: Finding Flow in Everyday Life
Creativity and spirituality have a lot in common. My wife, Jill, an artist, recently spoke...
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November 29, 2024
Compassion and Wisdom from Other Traditions
I am impressed by the compassion and wisdom of other traditions. Different beliefs and practices...
November 22, 2024
Myths About Religious Deconstruction
Do you wonder why people leave church? Just ask them. Do NOT rely on the...
November 14, 2024
Challenges of Religious Deconstruction
Readers teach me a lot about the challenges of religious deconstruction. These conversations help me...
November 08, 2024
Open-Hearted and Open-Minded Spirituality
Spiritual inquiry requires open-heartedness and open-mindedness. My work is more reporting than apologetics...
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October 31, 2024
What Can We Learn from the Rise and Fall of Communities?
Cities change. Churches change. How will we accommodate change, while retaining what is worthy in our...
October 24, 2024
Get Ready for Some Mystical Mumbo-Jumbo!!
Do we actually know Ultimate Reality or do we we only know ABOUT it? On...
October 19, 2024
When Churches Close: The Consequences of a Declining Faith
Should we be concerned that society is becoming more secular? This is something that I...
October 10, 2024
“Turn Out the Light, So We Can See!”
We may see more by the light of the moon than by the light of...
October 04, 2024
The Way of Life, Not Just the Way of Belief
What did The Way look like to the early followers of Jesus? My...
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Why Churches Should Focus on Values, Not Just Beliefs
Some people want churches to focus on values, not just beliefs. In last week's post,...
September 19, 2024
What if Seeking Truth Means Letting Go of Beliefs?
Our spiritual practice should focus on our interrelatedness. In The Way, I described my search...
September 12, 2024
Can Understanding Opposing Views Lead to Greater Compassion?
Do we consider the other side of the story? Sometimes, we feel pretty strongly about...
September 05, 2024
Do We Really Believe What We Think?
"Don't believe everything you think." Do we have good reasons for our beliefs? Sometimes, people...
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How Do We Distinguish Between Beliefs and Facts?
Everyone has beliefs, and beliefs are not inherently good or bad, in and of themselves....
August 23, 2024
We Should Hold Our Beliefs More Loosely
In The Way, I suggest that we should hold our political and religious beliefs more...
August 15, 2024
What Does It Mean to Follow Jesus?
Recall that there are 45,000 Christian denominations, who almost never agree. Imagine that all 2.4...
August 08, 2024
All Morality is Relative
In theory, moral relativism is the worst kind of morality. However, in practice, it is...
August 01, 2024
How Are We to Treat Others?
Ramana Maharshi, a Hindu mystic, had the following exchange with a student: "Q: How are...
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The Future of Christianity
What is the future of Christianity? Can Christianity be more experiential, more nuanced, and more...
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