Our life experiences shape who we are and how we understand the world around us. As I age, I realize that my life experience shapes what I believe to be most true about life. In living with marked social divisions in our era, I’ve come to understand that my perspective… Read More »Faith: A Perspective From Aging
As another birthday approaches, I’ve reflected on my own experience of aging. While I am more content and at peace than I’ve ever been, there are days when I wish that my body were more cooperative than it sometimes is. It’s from this context that I share this brief video… Read More »The Grace of Aging: Five Aspects
Breathing animates us. The act of breathing is intimate and essential for our existence. Just as breathing is the essence of our physical lives, breathing is also the essence of our spiritual lives. How does breathing help us understand spirituality, both our human spirit and our connection to something more?… Read More »Breath: Our Spirit and Life
People rarely describe themselves as “religious” today. While an increasing number of people call themselves “spiritual but not religious,” even people who regularly attend a house of worship avoid the term “religious.” Explore four reasons behind this shift in how people describe themselves. The following is a text version of… Read More »Four Reasons Why People Are Not Religious Today
Many Christian churches claim to have all the answers. What happens when you realize that they are wrong? Is it possible to let go of what was wrong while learning to hold on to what is good and true? I’m sharing part of my story about the process of unlearning… Read More »Unlearning Christianity
We’ve been taught to believe that God is a person, usually a male person, who is out there somewhere. But that limits God to the definitions and categories we create. Perhaps it’s time to understand God as a verb: active, dynamic, and engaging. I explain what I mean more fully… Read More »“God” is a Verb
How do we understand our work and labor? Is there a connection between our labor and spiritual practice? Is work an expression of our deeper selves? Do our religious and spiritual rituals invite us to consider the sacred nature of work? I mostly meant it as a joke. But there… Read More »Our Labor and Quotidian Mysteries
Christian spirituality suffers from a basic problem: most people don’t know what it is. Many Christians confuse Christian spirituality with dogma. Dogma is rational and cognitive. But spirituality is the movement of the heart and soul. Let me explain further. The following is a text version of this posting. It… Read More »The Problem with Christian Spirituality
