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October 2025

October 07, 2025
There are common themes that recur in many religions, and they are consistent in general....

September 2025

September 26, 2025
Clergy face challenges in an era of division and secularization. Clergy burnout is real, and...
September 18, 2025
Humans may have developed consciousness recently. The clash of cultures and thoughts elevated the importance...
September 11, 2025
Oneness underlies our apparent separation. Do we act or speak to proselytize people or to...
September 05, 2025
What if other traditions contain some "Truth with a capital T?" What if they all...

August 2025

August 28, 2025
Do we harbor an innate sense of superiority? In recent weeks, I have been writing...
August 21, 2025
It seems reasonable to me that "unselfish" behavior in animals or humans can be similarly...
August 14, 2025
What if natural intelligence has reached the end of its evolution, while artificial intelligence has...

July 2025

July 31, 2025
In Conclave, author Robert Harris writes, "...The one sin I have come to fear more...
July 23, 2025
Richard Dawkins and other scientists are interested in transcendent experiences. They are NOT seeing anything...
July 15, 2025
In my writing, I suggest that the brain might be more of a receiver than...
July 10, 2025
Science is exploring the big questions that theology is ignoring. Have you ever heard a...
July 01, 2025
Nations rise and fall, and religions rise and fall. Species evolve and face extinction. If...

June 2025

June 25, 2025
Mythology can lead us toward or away from truth. Anyone who studies mythology will recognize...
June 19, 2025
Pope Leo XIV recently delivered an address expressing appreciation for the Eastern Catholic churches. I...
June 12, 2025
We do NOT know anything about Ultimate Reality. At least, we do NOT "know" in...
June 06, 2025
The two halves of life offer two different experiences. Will we have the emotional maturity...

May 2025

May 29, 2025
Many observers conclude that self-actualization and self-transcendence are complementary.     In The Way, I...
May 23, 2025
What do we do when we no longer believe?     A good friend is...
May 15, 2025
Why should we care who is a REAL Christian? For that matter, what is a...
May 08, 2025
Many people who left the Church are NOT coming back. I wrote about why people...

April 2025

April 30, 2025
For years, the Catholic Church has seen dramatic declines in Mass attendance. Many agree that...
April 23, 2025
As science informs us, we are increasingly unlikely to believe unbelievable things. I wrote about...
April 17, 2025
The Zen patriarchs encourage us to manage attachment, craving and ignorance. I wrote about the...
April 10, 2025
Buddhist Ken Wilber compares spirituality to the stock market. Wilber says that, over the long...

March 2025

March 27, 2025
We should think before we speak. We can take our beliefs too seriously. And we...
March 21, 2025
These are tough times to be poor. In The Way, I describe my experience preparing...
March 13, 2025
Should we really fire the people who collect the money? Tax Day is coming, and...
March 06, 2025
Do you think that Jesus would take money from the poor? I don't.    ...

February 2025

February 27, 2025
The government has to be an essential partner in helping the needy, including the poor,...
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