Religion/Spirituality
The Quest for Logos
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...
VIDEO: Death & Resurrection: The Message of Easter
The Center for Christogenesis envisions an emerging wholeness of God, world, and humanity: “The divisive fragmentation of our age reflects...
Statism Is Immoral
Government—being institutionalized violence—is immoral, thus I cannot in good conscience voluntarily participate in or support it...
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...
Men Who Would Be Gods
Questioning Institutions of Authority Contrary to popular belief, Jesus Christ was not charged with and thereby executed for , but...
Contemplation: Monotheism
Many of you know I consider myself a That said, I recently read the following passage in Franciscan friar, ecumenical...
Forgiving The Unforgivable (UPDATED)
NOTE: I originally wrote this article several years ago (entitled “How Do I Forgive The Unforgivable?”) and it has been...
A Letter to a Hindu: The Subjection of India—its Cause and Cure
The following letter was penned by Leo Tolstoy in 1908, in reply to a letter from the editor of Free...
The Immorality (and Futility) of Voting
When I set out to write this article, I began by describing the futility of my experiences with voting over...
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...
VIDEO: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Human Spirit (Audio)
For years, one of my more ambitious endeavors was an attempt to integrate the philosophies of liberty and spirituality. Turns...
