Many Roads Home
There is more than one path per se. God gives to everyone possibilities that can work for them. And likewise, God takes the ideas we...
More than Literalism
It is easy to approach the Bible through a literal lens, a lens that holds everything in it as literally true. That approach rapidly fails...
When Can We Trust Our Gut?
When can we trust our gut? We can trust our gut when we have humbly put both feet in both worlds, both the spiritual and...
“My Legs Were Praying”
Much of the spiritual journey is the search integrity, weaving together our inmost heart with our most outward actions. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heshel phrased that...
A Short Primer on Anxiety
Paradoxically, anxiety while frequently a destructive emotion also can point to what we value the most. How can we hold anxiety in new way, finding...
Emotional Sobriety
Emotions are beautiful things, but they are not always the best way to lead our lives. Sometimes emotions lead us in positive directions; other times...
It Is Going to Be OK
We can ground our spiritual lives on the rock-solid premise that it is indeed going to be ok in the end. That does not mean...
It is Normal to be Unsure
It is normal to be unsure. That is part of the journey as well. If “the end (goal) is love”, that love at times will...
Brought Out of Worry
God’s focus is this beautiful journey towards freedom, a place of integrity where our inner life and our outer life join with a joyful playfulness....
The First Step
An old and true maxim holds that the hardest step in a long journey is the first step. Spiritually, one way to look at that...
A Third Way Approach
There is a human tendency to break things into binaries. God is always though gently bending us towards a third way.
