2025-03-31
2025-03-31
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- The important Spiritual dimension to “Occupy Wall Street”
- I will be in Portsmouth, New Hampshire over Samhain
- Three dimensional printing
- In honor of Lammas
- Why it doesn't excuse the right that Jared Loughner acted alone
- Myth as a way of knowing
- John Perkins: Former Economic Hit Man and Shamanic Advocate spoke in Sonoma
- Of Veils and the French
- Dancing up the sun at May Day
- Reply to Randi on suffering and life
- Wonderful Talk on Creativity and Daimons
- Good Sex, Great Sex, Sacred Sex, and Pagans
- Evaluating the Global Warming Debate
- Pantheacon Panel on International Interfaith
- Will the Real Pagan Theology Please Stand Up?
- 8 Ideas for Celebrating Ostara
- Talk on Politics and Spirituality
- The Descent of Inanna
- Merry May!
- A Reply to Rabbi Hirschfield and Thanks to Paul Raushenbush
- Corporate Sociopaths and Decent People
- The Religious Right, Torture, and 'Christianity'
- First post here
- Pagans at the Parliament of the Worlds Religions
- Real Men, Republicans, and the Sacred Masculine
- Avatar as a Rorschach of the Soul
- Good Piece on Gay Marriage
- Healing and Consciousness
- The Pagan Origins of Hanging Mistletoe Over the Door
- Turning CO2 into Fuel
- Winter Solstice 2009
- And for a Lighter Touch...
- Open Thread
- Supreme Court, Corporations, and Nihilism
- Science and Religion: A Reply to the Skeptics, II.
- A Brief Field Guide to American Political Terms
- Patrick McCollum, California and the Constitution
- Fungi Saving the World?
- Men, Masculinity, and Spirit
- Secular Modernity's Own Struggle with Irrationality - A Pagan View, Part I.
- Sebastopol's Farmers Markets
- Witch School
- Polytheism and Monism
- Civilization and Barbarism
- Two Die in New Age "Sweat Lodge"
- Lest We Forget: Torture, Cheney, Murder, and Depravity
- America and Fascism: an Important Post by Sara Robinson
- Pain Free Farming Through Genetic Engineering? Yeech.
- Cristina on Kirk Cameron, Stupidity, and Darwin
- Passing of the Guard
- Barbara McGraw on Religion in America
- The Ancestors
- Worthy Book, Worthy Blog
- Request from a Reader
- Is this Blog Too Political?
- Malaria, DDT, and Rachel Carson
- To My Readers: My Blog, the "Other Religion," and Related Matters
- Witch Hunts in Gambia
- This is an Open Thread
- Gog, Magog and Memorial Day
- ChristoPaganism Reviewed
- May Pole Magic
- Release Yourself from the False Sense of Life
- A Magical Prescription for More Positive Living
- The Healing Touch of Conscious Suffering
- (Audio) Stop Picking Up the Pain of the Past
- In God Whom We Trust
- (Video) There's Nothing You Can't Do
- The Courage to Be Free of Negative States
- (Video) A New Model for Success
- How We Lose Self-Command Around Others
- Reflecting the Divine
- (Video) Insights Into the Celestial Source of All Music
- The Gift of Newness
- The Test: Choosing to Be Chosen
- (Audio) How to Defeat What Wants to Drag You Down
- The Power to Dismiss Discontentment From Your Life (Part 1)
- Revealed: The "Anti-Change Factor" (Conclusion)
- (Audio) Welcome a World Without Excuses
- (Video) I am the Vine and Ye are the Branches
- Dying to the Fear of Death
- (Audio) Contemplate This Insight and End All Conflict
- Start Seeing the Good When Things Look Bad (Part 1)
- (Video) Wake Up and Stop Being Used by Weakness
- The Guiding Light of a True Spiritual Intention
- Follow the Path to Revelation
- The Light that Breaches Darkness
- The Divine Garden of the Soul
- The Gift of Seeking the Divine
- Realizing Your Real Role in Life: Who Am I, What's My Purpose, Where's the Plan?
- The Unseen Misery in Old Memories of Love
- The Right Way to Help Those Who Do Us Wrong
- Be the Ruler of Your Own Reactions (Part 1)
- (Audio) The One True Answer to Anger
- (Video) How to Drop the Pain Before You Get Burned
- What it Takes to Ask for a New Life
- Flowers and Boulders Along the Way
- Find the Source of Strength, Shelter, and Comfort
- Learn the Secret of the Undiscovered Strength in You
- Find the Meaning of Life in Every Moment
- Invite the Facts of Life to Set You Free
- Letting Go of Regret
- (Audio) End the Misery of Motivating Yourself
- The Most Important Thing to Do
- The Nature that Lives to Want
- The Pain of Rushing Around
- Take the Step That You’re Sure You Can’t (Part 1)
- (Audio) Keeping Bright the Light of Life
- Invite the Light that Shatters Self-Limitation (Part 1)
- Sharing Your Spiritual Work with Your Children
- Caregiving Aging Parents
- Remaining Conscious Around Others
- The Outlook that Determines Quality of Life
- (Video) What is a Good Householder?
- Don't Get Dragged Down by the Dark States of Others
- The Creation of Enemies and War
- Break the Bad Habit of Bargaining for Love
- A Life of Servitude or Gratitude: The Choice is Yours!
- (Video) Listen for the Voice of the Divine and Find True Guidance
- Uncover the Secret Treasure Hidden in Your Relationships
- The Patience to Possess Your Soul
- Awakening the Sleeping Nature
- Reclaim These Two Spiritual Treasures
- (Audio) Outgrow Being Unhappy Over Anything
- The Promise of Free Will
- How to Bear Unwanted Moments
- Free Yourself From Self-Defeat
- Parent and Child Learning Together
- The Power to Change
- Freedom From Limitations
- (Video) Step Out of the Prison of Familiar Suffering
- The Path to the Indwelling Divine
- The Source of Psychological Pain
- The Portal to the Divinity Within
- The Empty Treasure
- (Video) Awaken the Part of You That Fears No Pain
- The Secret to Starting Over
- The Sorrow of Self-Centeredness
- (Audio) The Perfection of Persistence
- A True Relationship With the Divine
- Grow Into the Greatness Within You
- Rise Above the Negativity of Others
- Love is Always Waiting
- (Video) Learn to Use a Negative Coworker for Your Spiritual Growth
- The Secret of Wholeness
- It’s Impossible to Hide and See at the Same Time
- Love's Healing Touch
- Remember Your Eternal Right to Be Free
- The Revelation that Heals
- What to Do When Darkness Captures You
- The Natural Healing of Sorrow
- Cancel This Counterfeit Passport
- The Truth about Oneness
- There is No Such Thing as Failure
- The Love that Enlarges Life
- The Meaning of Suffering
- The Measure of a Soul's Success
- (Video) A Shift in World Consciousness
- Teaching Your Children About the Truth
- (Audio) The Journey From Faith to Freedom
- (Audio) Let Love Use You for Its Life
- (Audio) Start Busting the Bridges to Nowhere
- (Audio) Awaken to a New and Higher World Within Yourself
- A Lesson in Invisible Justice
- Love of Truth
- (Audio) Dare to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
- An Inescapable Spiritual Fact
- Finding True Compassion for Others (and Ourselves)
- How to Know the Best Diet
- 5 Personal Practices That Put Anxiety Out of Business
- Patient Persistence Always Prevails
- New Understanding About Feeling Overwhelmed
- Find the Heart of Fearless Living
- Strengthen Your Wish for Truth
- (Audio) The Greatest Love of All
- Wake Up to the Complainer in You
- The Power of a Silent Mind
- Coming into the Undivided Life
- (Audio) A Short Talk on Reincarnation
- (Audio) One Mind, One Heart, One Story
- The Secret of Learning from Life
- Working the Ground of God's Life (Part 1)
- The Wrongness of Righteousness
- The True Way to Answer the Day
- How to Recognize Real Strength
- Start Taking Conscious Pauses
- Three Secret Ways to Start Your Life Out Fresh
- Act on Love
- For Love to Last
- How to Create a New You
- Learn to Make the Greatest Wish of All
- Renew Yourself Every Moment
- Life is Not Hard on Us
- The Beginning of a Brighter World
- The Darkest Deception of All
- The Gift of Meditation
- (Audio) Know the 'Whole' Meaning of Love
- (Audio) Learn to Be the Instrument of Life
- (Audio) Let Real Light Into Your Life
- Let Go and Meditate
- Connecting with a Truth Teacher
- (Audio) Learn to Be the Light of This World
- Helping Others Consciously
- Healing from the Inside Out (Part 1)
- The Greatest Teacher
- The Fertility of the Soul
- Free Yourself from Blame and Bitterness
- The Humiliation that Leads to Salvation
- Sharing What We Have in Common
- Life is a Miracle
- (Audio) Working in the Garden of the Soul
- Dare to Proceed
- Learning About Compassion from Family and Friends
- New Understanding About the Changing Seasons
- Being the Best You Can Possibly Be
- Finding What You Love to Do
- The Flowering of Talent
- Stop Giving Yourself to Negative States
- Stop Squeezing Yourself Into a Stressful State!
- The Greatness Beyond Ourselves
- The Freedom to Change Your Experience of Life (Part 1)
- Win Freedom From the Mind that Likes to Make Enemies
- (Audio) Learn to Be the Light of This World
- (Audio) Discover the Self of Many Colors
- Discover the Power to Change
- Stop Complaining and Start Working
- Quieting the Mind
- A Divine Invitation
- (Audio) Awaken True Spiritual Sensitivity by Learning What it Means to "Wait" on Life
- The Binding Force of Resistance
- The Wise Person’s Prayer and Action
- Welcome the Freedom that Comes with Being Fearless
- Practice the Presence of a Power Beyond Yourself
- Stop Problems Before They Get Started!
- Your Moon Astrology Forecast For July 2017
- How Character is Built
- Uncovered: The Secret Character of True Strength
- CSI: Romance - The Scorpio Compatibility Guide
- Start Seeing Through the Lie of Loneliness
- Be Different This Year by Being Different Now
- Choose to Let Go and Be Lifted
- Ask An Astrologer: Depression
- Start Being a Better Person
- Here is How the Light of Truth Sets You Free (Video)
- Astrology And Ethics
- The Seed of All Moments
- Stop Complaining and Start Learning
- Jupiter Enters Scorpio, Everyone Dies From STDs
- Free Yourself from Painful Thinking
- Ask An Astrologer: Addressing Difficult Circumstances
- Stop Animating What Makes You Ache
- The Profitable Practice of Refusing to Attend “Pity Parties"
- Death is Not the End of Life
- Walk Lightly Through Life
- Stop Fueling Anger, Frustration, and Fear
- Embrace Your Inner Maniac: Mars In Aries, Mars In Taurus
- Start Seeing Through the Secret Disguise of Negative States
- A Truth About Love and Loss
- What Goes Around Comes Around
- The Celestial Plan of Creation
- Take Fear Out of Your Future with this Fact!
- Invite Divine Love to Be Your Guide
- (Video) Open Your Heart and Let Real Life Flood In
- How to Make a New and True Beginning
- Learn to Embrace Newness
- Step Into the Living Now
- (Video) Now Isn’t a Time to Come
- Agree to Be Changed by Your Relationships
- Use Astrology To Improve Your Flirting Success!
- Find the Light in Your Darkest Hour
- Make Friends With What Is True, and Invite Life to Befriend You
- The Moon's Nodes And Your Karmic Loop (Part Two)
- The True Source of Strength
- Choose to Be New
- Only Conscious Effort Counts
- Let Go and Give Others Room to Grow
- Choose to Walk Away From What is False
- Let Go and Outgrow What's Holding You Down
- The Secret Path to Spiritual Growth
- Open Yourself to Life… and Let Nagging Questions Go Unanswered
- The Road to Nowhere
- The Genesis of Greatness
- Astrology For The Week Of September 27-October 3, 2021
- The May 2021 Horoscope For You (And Everyone Else)
- The Transforming Consequences of Good and Evil
- Let Your Love Flourish
- (Video) Relationship Magic: Waking Up Together
- Happy Holidays
- A User's Guide To Venus In Gemini 2021
- Stop Attracting the Life You Don't Want!
- Why Did Jesus Have to Die? The Roman Perspective, Part 4
- In the News: Younger People Not Reading Blogs
- Ash Wednesday: Practice and Meaning
- Want to Live a Long, Healthy Life? "This Year, Change Your Mind"
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling: Face Down in the Dust
- The Controversial Anthropology of Lady Gaga Examined
- Visiting My iPad Confessional
- USA Today Stirs the Pot of Advent Controversies
- The Christian Year and the Textures of Worship
- Amazon Cann't Spell or Use Decent English,
- Online Advent Calendar: December 8
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling: Standing on Solid Ground
- The Music of True Grit: "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms"
- Fish Like Christmas Trees! Really!
- Movie Recommendations: The Social Network and The King's Speech
- Mission Impossible?
- Reflections on the Ministry of Jerry Falwell
- Living in Hopeful Tension
- The Content of Our Hope
- Is Easter a Ghost Story?
- Lilyâs Hiding Place
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- Praying âÂÂIn JesusâÂÂs Nameâ in Civic Gatherings: Introduction
- Scot McKnight on The Three Bears
- Does John McCain Have a Secret Identity?
- Cold in Texas
- Planning and Goals: Is There Room for the Holy Spirit? An Introduction
- Americans on Sin, Part 3
- Pray Without Ceasing
- Inspiration from the Pray the Gospels
- What is Ash Wednesday?
- Why Are Protestants More Loyal to Their Toothpaste Than to Their Denomination?
- California Memories
- You Canât Have It All
- âBuild the News on the Rock of Truthâ
- A Familiar Name, A Familiar Place, and a Feeling of Sadness
- Christmas at the Riverwalk in San Antonio
- Happy Birthday to . . . Not Yet Jesus . . But Nathan!
- Bill Maher, Jay Leno, and the State of Moral Reasoning in America, Part 3
- The Most Frequently Disobeyed Sign in the World???
- A Review of God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement by David W. Miller
- The Barna Update: Four âÂÂMega-Themesâ Examined
- More Ire to Come?
- Why Advent?
- Practical Questions and Answers About Life in the Body of Christ
- Texas Wildflowers
- All Parts of the Body in Ministry
- Advent Devotion: The Lighting of the First Candle
- A Christian Response to the 2008 Presidential Election (Part 2)
- Why Not Just Leave the PC(USA)? Part 4
- The End of the PCUSA? Revisited
- Is the PCUSA My Church?
- Laity Lodge Photos
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- A Thought for Labor Day
- Preachers Challenge IRS by Endorsing Candidates
- Youâre Gonna Need an Ocean, of Calamine Lotion
- Some Texas Critters
- Recommendation #4: Meet with the Pastor
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- Ivy League Congress on Faith and Action: My Presentation
- No Food Allowed!
- You Know Youâre in a Small Town When . . .
- The Third Word: âDear woman, here is your son.â (John 19:26)
- Avoiding Pulpit Pride: Advice for Preachers
- What is the Most Central Doctrine of Christianity?
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- Wit and Wisdom from Bill Swedberg
- You Donât See This Everyday!
- Creation, Incarnation, and Online Church
- Highest Recommendation: Frio Suite by Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy
- Could Virtual Church Be Real Church?
- SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World, by Douglas Estes
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- Visiting Montana State University
- God Will Wipe Away Our Tears: Implications (Section 4)
- God Will Wipe Away Our Tears: Implications (Section 5)
- Living Christmasly, Part 5
- Introverts in the Church: Interview, Part 2
- Living Christmasly, Part 7
- Congratulations, Sara Groves!
- A Fine Church in Austin
- Remembering MLK
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- Living Christmasly, Part 12
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- Three Top Website Recommendations
- Check out TheHighCalling.org!
- Advent Calendar for December 13
- Advent Calendar for December 10
- Advent Calendar for December 12
- Dickens: The Man Who Invented Christmas?
- What Do Anorexia Nervosa, Zombies, Ambition, and a Tractor Seat Have in Common?
- Are We Watching the End of Christianity in Iraq?
- Online Advent Calendar: December 3
- Online Advent Calendar: December 17
- Online Advent Calendar: December 10
- Little Star: A Delightful Christmas Book for Children
- Was Jesus Divine? Early Christian Perspectives - Interim Conclusions (Part 2)
- Who is the Savior? Part 1
- But How Can I Be Thankful When . . . ?
- Advent Introduction: What is Advent? Why Does It Matter? How Can We Celebrate It?
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling: Is There a Place for Sadness in Authentic Christianity?
- Sometimes Life is as Strange as a Porcupine
- Thankful for Autumn
- The Son of Man in the Judaism of Jesus
- Laity Lodge Pastors' Sabbath Retreat
- Something to Think About on 9/11
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling: Why Do We Praise the Lord?
- Hear, O Israel! The LORD is One!
- What Love is All About: Realism Beyond Romance
- Maranatha! What Difference Does It Make?
- Seeking the Peace of Christ: Christianity and Peacemaking
- What Language(s) Did Jesus Speak? The Circumstantial Evidence
- What Was the Message of Jesus?
- Seeking a Christian Perspective on Illegal Immigration: A Helpful Resource
- Seeking a Christian Perspective on Illegal Immigration: Another Essential Starting Point (Part 1)
- Seeking a Christian Perspective on Illegal Immigration: One Essential Starting Point
- Peacemaking in Families
- Examining "the Biblical Truth" That Jesus Spoke Hebrew
- How to Be a Sore Loser
- Recommendation: Little Lakes Valley along Rock Creek, California
- Praying for Business
- Do Al and Tipper Gore "Truly Love One Another"?
- Do We Have Too Much Privacy?
- Why Don't We Pray for Business? Part 5
- A Variety of Christian Perspectives on Illegal Immigration, Part 1
- Are you a choir director, band leader, preacher, choir member, or band member? Check this out . . .
- god is not Great by Christopher Hitchens: A Response
- Thoughtfully Christian Reflections?
- Rereading a Classic: Christian Mission in the Modern World by John Stott, Part 3
- Book Review: Connected, by Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler
- Book Review: Connected, by Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler (Part 2)
- Could Mardi Gras Be for Christians?
- Live Blogging Lent: Lent is Odd
- Lenten Inspiration from The High Calling
- Live Blogging Lent: Fasting from Fast?
- The Surprising Origins of a Great Hymn
- First Signs of Spring
- Midwestern Happenings
- A Review of Simply Christian by N.T. Wright (Section 2)
- Inspiration from the Pray the Psalms
- How Can I Be Thankful When . . . ?
- Advent Calendar for December 3
- Advent Calendar for December 11
- Advent Calendar for December 13
- Advent Calendar for December 19
- Laity Lodge: Faith, Psychology, Art, and My Wife
- Some Things Iâll Miss About California, Part 4
- Some Things Iâll Miss About California
- The Stupidest Thing I Ever Said in a Sermon
- Do You Need to Be Disillusioned?
- Stewardship and My Session
- Why Do Europeans Smoke So Much? Section B
- Truthful History Motivated by Theology
- Happy Surprise on the Fourth of July
- The Location and Environment of Ephesus
- Sunday Inspiration from Pray the Psalms
- The Relationship between Existing Manuscripts and the Original Compositions
- The Curiously Unscientific Christopher Hitchens
- Sent to Proclaim the Good News, Part 2
- Critical New Testament Scholarship: Up Close and Personal
- How Should We Evaluate the Antiquity of the Gospel Manuscripts?
- Closing Thoughts on Oral Tradition
- The Church as a Thin Place
- Technology and Theology: Your Ideas
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- Church and the Internet: Weâre Not in Kansas Anymore (Section 2)
- Discipleship as Formational and Missional
- New Babies at Home!
- Easter Reflections
- Sunday Inspiration from The High Calling
- Websites Reviewed: Faith Blogging
- When in Tulsa . . .
- A Good Reason Not to Use Your Cell Phone While Driving
- McKnight, Ford, and Now Avery: Déjà Vu All Over Again!
- The Sixth Station: Jesus is Scourged and Crowned with Thorns
- The Stations of the Cross: An Easter Postscript
- The Twelfth Station: Jesus on the Cross, His Mother, and His Disciple
- The Sure Way to Drop a Problem
- Realize the Crowning Moment of Life
- Stepping Into and Through the Suffering Born of Seeing the Truth of Yourself
- VICTORY, not SURVIVAL: War, not "Fighting"--A Look at Warrior Flow Combatives
- The Goal of Self-Defense Training: VICTORY, not SURVIVAL
- Of Fraudulence and Fear: The GOP/Big Conservative Media Machine
- Astrology, Gina Carano, and "Cancel Culture"
- Astrology, Abuse, And Marilyn Manson
- The Return of Liberal Learning: The Examined Life IS Worth Living
- Hugh Hewitt v. Donald Trump: A "Third Rate Announcer's" Gotcha' Questions
- An Interview with World Net Daily's Ilana Mercer on my "The American Offensive: Dispatches from the Front"
- Myron Pauli: The Pledge of Allegiance versus The US Constitution
- Al Sharpton and Republicans: Like Draws to Like?
- The Moral Imperative of Being Mannerly
- The Last of the True Progressives Weighs in More on Caitlyn Jenner
- Legislating Morality: An Analysis
- What Exactly have Republicans Learned?
- Thinking About Blacks and "White Racism"
- Classical Conservatism and Revolution
- Freedom and Political "Leaders"
- Caution: Misology-Free Zone
- GOP Unmentionables
- Rand Paul and GOP "Messaging"
- School Daze: Zero Tolerance for Boys Means Zero Virtue for Men
- Who Really Believes in the Founders?
- Exorcising Neoconservative Ghosts
- Adam Lanza: Knowing Evil from Illness
