Character

The golden rule’s six levels of meaning

Some colleges and universities have a series of talks titled, "My last lecture." Professors who are close to retirement present a distillation of their work. If not my last, this would be one of my last lectures. In retirement, I feel as though I'm now getting an entirely fresh start. Come and …

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Light on the ramparts

Character, Spiritual Experience

The 27-minute podcast episode How can someone who used to avoid social service start to become a server of all? Here’s an example of how divinity gently transforms us. Photo Credit: By Demeester - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8057114 …

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The Transformation Blues

Arts, Character, Jesus, Science, Spiritual Experience

Hear the flowing 42-minute audio file, complete with the 15-second mistake at the beginning From Dante’s Divine Comedy, to 12-Step programs and the Enneagram, insight is mixed with overemphasis on the negative and a failure to recognize the new and better way: we (at least non-addicts) can first be …

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The kingdom of God–a moving target

Character, Spiritual Experience

Five minute audio file You enter the kingdom of God—the spiritual family of God—with the faith and trusting dependence of a little child. This is the only way that anyone can enter the spiritual family of God. And it is such a perfect way. This faith and trusting dependence opens you to begin …

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The Faith of Being and the Exercise of Faith

Character, Goodness, Jesus, Spiritual Experience

My previous blogpost, “Faith as Evidence” focused primarily on receptive faith—the gift of being able to recognize truth—which allows divine reality to manifest in its self-evidence. Today the focus is more on two additional forms of faith—the faith of being, and the exercise of faith. All three …

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Anger and the Beautiful Wholeness of Righteousness

Beauty, Character, Jesus, Morality

Listen to the podcast episode. If we are to have a hope of proclaiming not in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit, we shall begin by activating our receptivity to the spirit of worship. Remember that when Moses wanted God to add support to his leadership and make his people distinct …

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