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Interview With John C. Robinson, author of I Am God

Mystics teach that imagination can function as an organ of perception.

Jesus 2024

Jesus 2024 signs started springing up on lawns and street corners across the country, their owners hoping to pressure a returned Jesus into the race.

Save The Frog

So, I'm driving home, thinking. It's daycare Friday again, the very best...

Somewhere In The Dark: Between Motherhood & Mourning

We are always greater together than we are alone, capable of such alchemical sweetness and innovation.

Dogen’s Instructions to the Gardener

The natural world fulfilled me as nothing I’d done while stuck at a desk. What made it so? If I only pay attention, a garden tells me what to do.

The Light Of Death

Since then, I often feel like I’m skipping down the sidewalk on a ribbon of yellow stars. I don’t fear death the way I used to, because I know it is a vast display of Light

In the absence of family stories I write my own

We deserve to have someone remember us.

Confluence

How many secret scars did he carry through his lifetime? How did those scars bend him?  

A Soft Glow

The glow grew in strength and finally he could see, even without his glasses, that the little boy he had known since childhood.

The Reflecting Pool And Other Brushes With The Unexplained

Mysticism has interested me since childhood. I don’t pretend to be a mystic, but I don’t dismiss those who wear the label.

Personal Journeys

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Steps of Success

I stand in front of the shrine and bow. As I do, I feel the weight of my head, gently pulling my body toward the earth for a moment.

Paths and Traditions

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The Shepherd of Hermas

This Christian text you’ve never heard of, The Shepherd of Hermas, barely mentions Jesus − but it was a favorite of early Christians far and wide for five centuries.

  • Healing
  • Mysticism
  • Creativity
  • On Religion
  • Braided Perspectives

The Light Of Death

Since then, I often feel like I’m skipping down the sidewalk on a ribbon of yellow stars. I don’t fear death the way I used to, because I know it is a vast display of Light

Touchstones

Let me tell you the story of the Touchstones. It was just before 9/11. I had been holding a piece...

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The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.

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