The key to a planetary spiritual renaissance
After acknowledging the failure of an experiment in the last class meeting (falling across the finish line), I summarize a five-week class, "The Journey from Easter to Pentecost." Then I distinguish garden-variety spiritual experience from the taste-and-see variety. Watch the 11:30 video or …
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We all have our unbeautifulnesses. Today, I’m calling them ugly. But there’s a metaphor for transforming them: composting. Watch the 7:21 video or listen to the podcast episode—but don’t miss the other images in this blogpost. God is the supreme composter. This is why believers who strive …
Here’s a story that I invite you to follow literally or creatively adapt to your current spiritual interest. In "Loving Jesus More, Phil Ryker tells of a little girl who told her minister that she didn't love Jesus. Wanting to help her, he told her to repeat as often as possible, "Jesus loves me. …
When athletes or sports teams are doing poorly, it is common to say that they are struggling. But struggle is part of live on all levels. Here's how to struggle beautifully. Watch the 7:48 video or listen to the podcast episode. …
I need your mercy. Do you need mine? I'm ready to forgive. We all need God’s mercy, but in my case, I don’t have any idea what for at the moment. I feel caught up for now, up to date. I know the mercy is always there—I have always been forgiven—but only when unbeautifulness (ugly) arises from …
The commandment to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength has enough beautiful complexity in it to call for an integrating reflection on love in its simplicity. The 10:42 video and podcast episode represent an experiment in staying in the simplicity of loving God as I …
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