One Dollar And Thirty-Two Cents
I had no experience with nuns, but my parents had taken me to see the Broadway show “The Sound of Music” last month so I knew they helped people figure things out.
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How to Love Anyone (Even White Supremacists)
When it comes to religion, I’m a believer that each of us is born with an innate spirituality, and religion might best be understood as the language we use to try to understand that experience. Different religions, to me, are like different languages—each carrying a unique cadence and poetry—circling around an ineffable spiritual experience without ever quite touching it.
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Riding the Wave
“If I am in another universe, I’ll send a sign.”
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A Kid’s Perspective on Basic Theology
Going off to the seminary when I had just turned thirteen might have seemed stupid. But the...
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Beneath The Surface
I made the Thursday trek to a dark downstairs basement and sat in a semicircle of folding chairs. Open prayer. Introduce anyone new. Say whether we stayed clean that week. Recite the 12 steps.
Read MoreThe Braided Way
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.