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May 31, 2016
What Do Your Friends See in You?
Turns out our parents were right — it does matter which crowd you hang out...
May 25, 2016
How to Survive This Election Cycle
Americans have a presidential election every four years, and it feels worse every time. Candidates...
May 17, 2016
Why Do You Do What You Do?
Every job has parts that are drudgery. Teachers have to grade papers, doctors must deal...
May 10, 2016
Killing the Darlings: How to Edit Your Life
Editing streamlines and improves writing, movies, songs, even fashion design. But oh, those cuts can...
May 03, 2016
Knuckleheads: 3 Reasons to Let Them Live
What are we to make of the many, many annoying people who cross our paths?...
April 2016
April 26, 2016
Speaking Up Spiritually: How and When
When is it a good idea to share your ideas about spiritual truth with someone,...
April 19, 2016
When the Gods Are Angry
It's understandable that primitive people believed everything happening to them depended on the mood of...
April 12, 2016
Inconvenient Bliss: When Others’ Dreams Force You to Change
We all are encouraged to pursue our dreams, and we try to be happy for...
April 04, 2016
Trusting You’re Not Crazy When You Hear Voices
If a former Navy commander can become a psychic medium and channeler, you can, too....
March 2016
March 29, 2016
You Are Divine. So What?
Easter has come and gone, and I gave my usual minister’s talk about the meaning...
March 22, 2016
Is Death Really So Bad?
Death doesn’t have to be a tragedy, and you don't have to believe in the...
March 15, 2016
Wrestling with Prayer
I asked in previous blogs how you pray if you're spiritual but not religious, and...
March 08, 2016
Who or What Are You Praying To?
How do your prayers change if your concept of God has changed? For the spiritual...
March 03, 2016
Terrorists and Shooters: What If We Forgive Them?
I had never heard such a thoughtful question posed to a presidential candidate. The young...
March 01, 2016
Spiritual But Not Religious: How Do You Pray?
It’s a cliché that people who call themselves spiritual but not religious find God in...
February 2016
February 23, 2016
How to Watch the News Without Despair
Does watching the news interfere with your spirituality? These two spiritual practices might change your...
February 18, 2016
Why Be Politically Correct?
It has taken me a while to figure out what Donald Trump and his supporters...
February 16, 2016
Answer One Question
We’ll never change the world unless we stop lamenting the mess and start declaring what...
February 08, 2016
Would a Woman Really Be a Better President?
Just how many women will be consigned to that “special place in hell” if they...
February 04, 2016
Hillary Clinton: Gratitude in a Goldfish Bowl
Did you hear what Hillary Clinton said at the New Hampshire town hall? Every now...
February 01, 2016
The Presidential Campaign: A Study in Joy
It's true that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders appear to be having the time of...
January 2016
January 26, 2016
Maybe This Is What the Divine Looks Like
I speak and write all the time about the divine essence of human beings. I...
January 19, 2016
Is Making a “C” in Life Good Enough?
People who are true masters of their craft have probably spent 10,000 hours working on...
January 12, 2016
Stop Searching for Spiritual Laws
Really, aren’t you getting a little tired of hearing the same spiritual teachings again and...
January 05, 2016
Watch a Master at Work
There's a new spiritual teacher on the scene: Donald Trump. No matter what you think...
January 05, 2016
Most of All, I Remember His Eyes
His name was David. His eyes were enormous – blue, brown, I don’t remember –...
January 05, 2016
Why Is There Evil?
The young woman on the back row rose to ask me a question. I had...
January 05, 2016
Wrestling with Death
I believe people die when their souls have finished whatever they came to earth to...
January 05, 2016
It’s Not Easy Being Divine
Are we on earth to accomplish some life purpose? I always thought so. But lately...
January 05, 2016
The Depths of Faith in the Depths of Despair
What is the "faith" that gets us through hard times? Faith in what? I keep...
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