MS… Things to be hopeful about 19 Dec 201919 Dec 2019 I've been seeing a lot of things in the news to be hopeful about. None of them have to do with politics. (Well, okay, one of them does, but not…
Sermon The Devaduta Kingdoms 9 Oct 201921 Oct 2019 Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick.…
Sermon Altered States Part II: Prayer 15 Sep 201915 Sep 2019 I’d thought I could discuss ecstatic or altered states in one post. Then I remembered…well, “remembered” is the wrong word. More correctly, I experienced a sucker punch to the head:…
MS… Right Action: i.e., WTH am I doing here? 28 Jun 201929 Jun 2019 There are moments that I just stop. I don't mean physically. I'm talking about moments that the contents of my brain and heart go on pause, and I catch myself…
MS… The Phantom Fourth 7 Jun 20197 Jun 2019 I'm about to test in taekwondo again, another in a long line of tests to (in theory) get me to my first degree black belt. I've already got the belt…
Sermon Fred the Head, and Green Lantern 2 Mar 20192 Mar 2019 Tallahassee, Florida--Doak Campbell Stadium--1990 I'm at my first college football game. I should feel ecstatic. After all, I'm doing my first really crazy thing as a freshman in college, something…
Sermon DWDs 8 Jan 201919 Jan 2019 This can't be a long one today, as I've got reading to finish for group tonight. But today something stuck in my craw, and it was yet again caused by…
Sermon Sermon on What We Leave Behind 5 Dec 20185 Dec 2018 I'm in some strange mental territory here, so bear with me a while. I hope to make it worth our time. First things first, though--disclaimers. No, I have not received…
Sermon Sermon on Ecstatic States 30 Sep 201830 Sep 2018 The existence of mystical states absolutely overthrows the pretension of non-mystical states to be the sole and ultimate dictators of what we may believe. —William James, The Varieties of Religious…
Sermon Sermon on Reading 14 Jun 20181 Aug 2018 For my father’s birthday a few years ago, I gave him a signed first edition of Brian Jay Jones’ book, Washington Irving: The Definitive Biography of America's First Bestselling Author.…
