Spiritual Mutt

I find myself in a really strange position.  The church I have attended for the past six years or so is becoming (or might even be consider...

I must say that the spritual path that has been a constant curiosity to me over the past few years falls under the title of this post.  Mos...

Found a great website that pokes fun at Christian culture, an oxymoron if ever there was one.  There are some others out there but this on...

If any Christians are gloating or celebrating today over the death of Osama bin Laden, they should pause. We are Christians first, citiz...

I am reading Henry Corbin's Cyclical Time and Ismaili Gnosis again (just saw it on Amazon for $25 for a used copy...least expensive I...

Ever wonder why it is that in tongues churches, quite often the "tongues" start to sound the same? Want proof? Holy Ghost T...

The story can be found here . Of course it makes the news because it's absurd but the fact that it exists at all is telling. Is it ...

The title of the post does not mean relegate your beliefs into the private sphere. I'm talking about what is now commonly called ...

Of all the scholars working today my favorite is perhaps James Kugel, former Harvard professor, now working in Israel. His books Tradition...

Time for some gut level honesty and a reality check. Need to spend less time externalizing ideals, judgments and illusion and more time li...

I'm sitting here listening to a 2010 version of the Wow Worship series, that never ending bestseller (reminds me of the South Park epis...

While driving home from work Saturday afternoon I hit a patch of black ice and happened to accelerate in my rear wheel drive pickup while on...

So it's Christmas and Jesus is on the minds of many. At my folks' house we were talking about languages and somehow Latin came up. ...

You may notice if you've read through these posts that Islam takes up a lot of space.  I spend a lot of time defending it in the light ...

I belong to this amazing website that sends daily literary emails that tackle a range of subjects, almost always something interesting. ...

Lately I've been on a Zen kick.  The Zen/Dao thing has been a constant in my life.  In many ways I am a Daoist Christian.  My Bible is ...

...represents fear on every level. In summation, the terrorists are winning.

As the most recent "rally" held by Glenn Beck shows, the idea of patriotism has become religious.  I'm not talking about a ...

Over the past several years, "Western" Christianity has left me a bit hungry, and jaded, seeming to be something of an amalgam of...