Religion/Spirituality

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)

I originally wrote this article several years ago (entitled “How Do I Forgive The Unforgivable?”) and it has been one...

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 has been an attempt to integrate the philosophies of liberty and spirituality....

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...

The Law of Love vs. The Law of Violence

The following essay by Leo Tolstoy was originally included in the publication The Law of Love and the Law of...

Forgiving Gets Easier With Practice

Forgiving gets easier with practice. For one, you come to the realization that you have no idea what others are...