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One More Easter in Quarantine
Change Your Environment… IT Changes You!
If You Rely on Willpower to Change—You’re Screwed! (Part 2)
Deconstructed Omelets —and Good Wine
Today is still part of our "adapt or die" lesson, but it's also kind of a community meeting. Getting us ready for reentry from quarantine. Have a listen
If You Rely on Willpower to Change—You’re Screwed! (Part 1)
Want to Make Big Change? FAIL! (it works!)
But... gotta fail the right way. Have a listen.
The Enneagram and the 23rd Psalm
Restored souls — can handle life when it gets disorienting, gets paradoxical. Have a listen
Gentleness Works. Harshness, Not So Much (3)
Gentleness Works. Harshness, Not So Much (2)
Gentleness Works. Harshness, Not So Much (1)
How Change Happens. NOT Negative Emotion!
I wish somebody had told me that, twenty years ago!
Adapt or Die: How Change Happens (and Doesn’t)
The Biggest Changes—Always Start In Our Heads (2)
The Biggest Changes—Always Start In Our Heads (1)
Following up on our New Year lesson -- let's talk about how the deeper changes in life, and in history, happen.
Teach Us To Number Our Days (2020)
Nope. We don't do New Year resolutions any more. But, is there a way to invite change in our lives? Gain "hearts of wisdom." Have a listen.
Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (5)
How do find hope in the dark times? Let's get practical.
Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (4)
2020! What a year! Damn! If ever we need to know how to take a hit and snap back, this is the year! Have a listen.
Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (3)
Hope can see light—even when it’s dark. For centuries, our tradition has used the winter equinox, the darkest day of the year, to remind us to look for light in the darkness. Hope is there, even as 1000 Americans die every day. Even as those we love suffer. That’s our...
Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (2)
There’s an old saying. “Endurance beats enthusiasm every time.” I really hope 2021 is not as bad as 2020. But there will be troubles. And we will go through them. What endurance does for us, is minimize the collateral damage while we do. Have a listen.
Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (1)
Collectively, we’ve taken a pretty big hit. For some of us, it’s been insult added to injury—personal troubles on top of national troubles. Let’s talk about how we snap back.
Can Organized Religion Be Fixed? Part 2
What would religion be like if you didn’t have to believe the right stuff to belong? Let’s talk about that.
Can Organized Religion Be Fixed? Part 1
The Pharisees gave Jesus a lot of grief for trying to fix a religion that was clearly broken. Jesus. Seems good company to be in.
Giving Up Sugar-Daddy Religion (3)
Imagine God more broadly, and before long, we actually do consider the welfare of others as important as our own. Have a listen.
Giving Up Sugar-Daddy Religion (2)
So if religion isn’t a sugar-daddy deal with God… What is it? Have a listen.