Contemplations

Contemplation (Plus Video): The Kingdom of God is Within Us

Anymore, I’m often astonished at how, when I want to share something meaningful with the world, the Universe seems to...

Contemplation: Can We Wait Until The Next Extinction-Level Impact Event?

Cover Image: Rendition of the Chicxulub crater near the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico Unfortunately, according to historical precedent, statistically the...

Contemplation: God as Truth

I recently touched on the idea of God as Truth in my contemplation God as a Verb, as well as...

Contemplation: New Religion = New Tyranny?

I recently read the following passage in The Unbearable Wholeness of Being by Ilia Delio, Founder of  the Center for...

Contemplation: Everything Happens for a Reason

I posted this thought on Facebook awhile back, but have since expanded on the idea, thought I’d share it here:...

Contemplation: The Gospel of Living & Doing

As Tolstoy conveyed in his various religious writings, after doing his own translation of the gospels he determined that when...

Contemplation: Rendering Unto Caesar

I’m currently in the throes of this amazing 1030-page novel, The Instructions by Adam Levin… …and in the process, I...

Contemplation: Peace Within

I recently read the following passage by philosopher James Allen in his collection Mind is the Master, and it really...

Contemplation: Ending the War on Drugs by Criminalizing ALL Drugs

I recently read A Naked Singularity by Sergio de la Pava, and it was one of the most engaging novels...

Contemplation: Respect vs. Respect

I recently read the following Truth somewhere online, and it resonated with me, thought I’d share (reworked the language a...

Contemplation: Monotheism

Many of you know I consider myself a That said, I recently read the following passage in Franciscan friar, ecumenical...

Contemplation: God as a Verb

I was recently introduced to the concept of God as a verb—which, being one who has never claimed to be...

Contemplation: Religion as Self-Control

I recently shared my conceptualization of God, using an analogy of one day last summer finding a tiny hummingbird’s nest...

Contemplation: My Conceptualization of God

This past summer, over the short span of a month or two, I had no less than five random people...