February 23, 2024

Are we separate from God and from each other? Many religions, particularly Eastern religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism, embrace nonduality. Christianity, too, has been interpreted in nondual terms. Shankara, is an eighth-century Hindu philosopher, sometimes called the Plato of the East. He outlined the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, Advaita meaning nondual or “not two” and Vedanta meaning “the end of the Vedas” or “the end of knowledge.” Advaita Vedanta is the foundation of many Hindu beliefs. Nonduality suggests... Read more

February 16, 2024

There are many paths to the top of the mountain and many ways of looking at things. All religion is cultural. All theology is speculation. Often, desert cultures are monotheistic; forest cultures are polytheistic; hunting cultures are patriarchal and shamanic; farming cultures are matriarchal and communal. Patriarchal cultures worship male deities, and matriarchal cultures worship female deities. Some anthropologists believe that we create God in our image, not vice versa.     Many Christians believe that God is omnipotent, omnipresent,... Read more

February 9, 2024

“You might be right” emerged as an unscripted theme during my first author talk in Crestone, Colorado. This disarming phrase has become one of my catchphrases. In Crestone, a friend said that the earth is 6,000 years old, that dinosaurs and people lived at the same time, and that everyone (except Noah’s family) died in the great flood.   “I don’t think so,” I said. “We’re at 8,000 feet elevation. Did the water get this high?” “Where did all of... Read more

February 2, 2024

Welcome to “You Might Be Right: An Interspiritual Journey,” my column on Patheos!! Thanks for joining me on an interspiritual journey and for reading my column. I lived a conservative, Christian life. In midlife, I asked the big questions. Is there a God? How are we to live? What is the meaning of life? What happens when we die? I questioned the answers that Western Christianity offered and resolved to discover Truth with a capital T, even if it took... Read more

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