Downward Slope and Upward Climb – Need ’em Both for a Beautiful Valley

By |2020-08-15T15:22:19-05:00August 15th, 2020|Articles - Leading Through Change, Consciousness, Interconnected, Paradox|

There will be a time when one will have come such a long way over the high way of God, that the valleys would cease to appear… just the hilltops would appear to us. After we have passed through these valleys which may seem less desirable than the hills, we may look back over the [...]

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A Paradox of Peace

By |2019-01-30T18:31:32-06:00January 30th, 2019|Interconnected, Paradox, Peace, Sacred Service, Self Reflection|

Peace is one of those seemingly intangible, shape-shifting things in life, such as love, that molds our lives so intensely. It’s not necessarily something I can hold in my hand or perhaps physically give to you, and there are no words to adequately define the experience or even give a “correct” definition. Yet it is the [...]

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Maybe God is Too Big

By |2018-12-09T09:16:03-06:00December 8th, 2018|Beginnings, Christianity, Community, Faith, God, Greater Reality, Paradox|

It’s been a strange year, which sounds woefully inadequate. Somedays it appears the world has gone mad. Not my first time thinking this or even saying it. Hell, almost everyone I know is saying the same thing. I’ve been watching the last couple years of f***ed up leadership in this country - watching people [...]

Did I Just Say That?

By |2018-06-07T22:15:47-05:00June 7th, 2018|Christianity, Community, Faith, Greater Reality, Paradox, Sacred Service, Self Reflection|

Do you ever hear words emanating from your lips, and instantly while the words break from your mouth you think, “Did I really just say that??” You are still in the nanosecond of surprise, when you discover you probably have a small list of sentences or phrases you could never have imagined uttering. If you [...]

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Out with the Mold, in with the True

By |2018-02-09T19:26:26-06:00January 1st, 2018|Beginnings, Community, Interconnected, Paradox, Peace, Self Reflection, Transformation|

I recently spent a month in South Carolina helping my mom with her recovery from knee replacement surgery. When it came time for me to return home, I had mixed feelings. I knew I couldn't stay there, eventually everyone needs to return home, but I didn’t know what I was coming home to. I wasn’t [...]

The Lesson of Little Blue

By |2020-01-05T19:41:40-06:00August 21st, 2016|Consciousness, Greater Reality, Interconnected, Paradox, Self Reflection, Transformation|

As an anthropologist and minister, I am always intrigued by animal and human behavior. I think it must be in my DNA because I am unconsciously and eternally fascinated, drawn in and left wondering what is next to unfold as I watch creatures go about their day. I just can’t seem to get enough. [...]

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Our Spiritual Sense of Touch as Prayer

By |2021-07-23T07:06:31-05:00August 24th, 2014|Consciousness, God, Greater Reality, Interconnected, Prayer, Self Reflection|

In the previous blog I talked about the spiritual sense of smell, as akin to our physical sense of smell, which can be a powerful attraction to something. The spiritual sense of smell is a symbol, a metaphor for that attraction to being attentive to Spirit that is hidden all around us, as well as [...]

Living Life Unrehearsed

By |2018-02-09T19:26:32-06:00May 10th, 2014|Consciousness, Evolution, Interconnected, Paradox, Self Reflection, Transformation|

When I hear the word “transition” the first thing that comes to mind are all the different ways to describe what it is. Here are just a few: change, passage from one state or place to another, transformation, segue, an evolutionary shift, conversion and so on. I think my favorite is “metamorphosis” because it typically [...]

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Paradoxes of Peace: Individual and Community

By |2018-02-09T19:26:32-06:00February 6th, 2014|Community, Consciousness, Evolution, Interconnected, Paradox, Transformation|

Peace is one of those seemingly intangible, shape-shifting things in life, such as love, that molds our lives so intensely. It’s not necessarily something I can hold in my hand or perhaps physically give to you, and there are no words to adequately define the experience or even give a “correct” definition. Yet it is the [...]

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A Paradoxical Blessing for the New Year

By |2018-02-09T19:26:33-06:00January 1st, 2013|Beginnings, Consciousness, Interconnected, Self Reflection, Shadow Work, Transformation|

Act always as if the future of the Universe depends on what you do, while laughing at yourself for thinking that whatever you do makes any difference. – Buddha This sums up 2012 beautifully for me. It is the quintessential paradox for my life, an inescapable infinity loop that is always at work as I [...]

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