Weekly Messages

Today, I conclude a rather lengthy lesson and point toward the next lesson. It's a pretty good recap of the last 10 weeks, and some context-setting for the next lesson. Have a listen, Doug  

Again and again in this lesson, we've repeated this refrain: It is our way in the Christian tradition, to lose our way. But it is just as much our way, to find our way when we lose it. And that is true. But what is also true, is that when it is time to find our way...

Continuing from last week, we pick up the refrain that has been recurring throughout this lesson... Yes, it is our way - to lose our way. But is just as much our way - to find it again. We pick up after Wesley and the Holiness folks paved the way for firsthand...

As we've seen, we Christians - we lose our way!  All the time. Again and again.  Bummer. But it is just as much a part of our tradition - to find our way again when we lose it. And today is no exception. We have really lost our way! But across the planet, a movement...

It's a lesson about good news - and the bad news. The bad news: we've been really successful as a religious tradition. The good news: not so much any more. Picking up where we left off before our community meeting last week. It turns out in Christian history, that...

You've heard the expression: "nothing breeds success like success." In the case of spiritual acumen, that might not be so. In that case, it could be said that nothing breeds failure - like success. Surprised?  Have a listen, Doug  

Here is a quote from Richard Rohr: The Perennial Tradition encompasses the recurring themes in all of the world’s religions and philosophies that continue to say: There is a Divine Reality underneath and inherent in the world of things, There is in the human soul a...

If we would participate in the movement afoot in our world today - to move from secondhand, institutional religion to firsthand, direct-encounter spirituality - then it would behoove us to pay attention to the mystics in our tradition. We've tended to honor them only...

Life is messy. Institutional, organized religion would prefer we ignore that inconvenient reality. Institutions work so much better when truth is fixed and expectations are normalized. But organized religion is in trouble. And truth - and wisdom - and the sources we...

In this second lesson on rethinking the Holy Spirit, we examine a couple of developmental models of the spiritual journey - and how they speak to our need to become skilled in discerning and dancing with the Inner Spirit of God. Weird words, I know. But hang in there....

Of all the religious-jargon sounding parts of our tradition, the term "The Holy Spirit" is right up near the top of the list. We know it's religious (the words "holy" and "spirit" are right in it). But what does it mean? "Spirit," by the very nature of the word is...