The more wounded you are, the more you want a God who will rescue you but the more you need a God who stands with you as you do the work of returning to wholeness.Craig Bergland
Silence
...may not be what you think it is! I recently heard a self-declared expert on contemplative silence saying that it can be hard to find silence in nature because animals and insects make noises. As I screamed "no!" at my podcast player, it occurred to me that there may be more confusion on this issue…
Social Justice Talk
Nobody will ever be able to supply the love and acceptance our parents failed to provide. We must heal ourselves. If we look to anything or anybody outside ourselves to love us into wholeness, we guarantee our ongoing misery.Craig Bergland
Loyal as a Dog
A friend of mine died the other day. Since she lived alone, nobody knew. After a couple of days the neighbors noticed they hadn't seen her, so they called the police to do a wellness check. When the police arrived they found her beloved Great Dane sitting on top of her body. He wouldn't let…
It’s Not About Guns
In light of the King Soopers shooting in Boulder, Colorado, the same tired old discussions are starting anew. At least Congress is starting to be honest and some are admitting they oppose gun control because they fear it would make it difficult when reelection time rolls around. Reflect on that statement for just a moment.…
Have you noticed?
Have you noticed how many alcoholics shoot up liquor stores, or how many gambling addicts walk into casinos guns-a-blazing, or how heroin addicts tend to take their guns to poppy fields? What about people with food addictions attacking farmers and candy factories, adrenaline junkies blowing up roller coasters, or religion addicts attacking churches? Neither have…
Religion that Ignores Science is Sinful.
It's really just that simple. If you are wondering how or why that can be, it is because ignoring truth or teaching things contrary to truth is lying, and lying is a sin. To compound the sin, persecuting people or groups of people is always sinful. Also sinful are prejudice and spreading rumors about others.…
When Harry and Meghan met Oprah.
Why, when people tell us their truth, is our first reaction to deny it? Why even when that truth is uncomfortable to reveal, like someone admitting their family isn't all the world has cracked it up to be, do we still deny it? Who in the world do we think we are to go around…
White Male Spirituality?
Let's be honest. Nobody cares. Nobody really wants to provide spirituality services to heterosexual white males. In fact, I would go so far as to say that, while white males dominate spiritual leadership, they are among the most under served spiritual consumers. Think about it for just a moment. We regularly see advertisements for every…
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