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You to You: Process Theology and Prayer There are so many kinds of prayer and so many ways to pray. We can pray with words and without words. We can pray by reaching out into a vast mystery, the Deep Listening, saying "help" or "thanks" o…
The Spiritual Alphabet in China I have spent a lot of time in mainland China over the years, teaching process philosophy to students young and old. The youngest are in kindergarten and the oldest are in their late eighties. I’ve…
To Be and Do Something New "The spiritual practice of transformation holds within its wide embrace the personal renewals that come with a spiritual awakening, a conversion, a mystical epiphany, or an enlightenment. It cove…
The Shape of Water in Process Perspective The Water God Last night I saw The Shape of Water written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, and this morning I read Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat’s review of the marvelous film. The Brussats …
The Scope of Spiritual Literacy I'm recommending that everyone in Congress take a course in "religious and spiritual literacy." But why stop there? Wouldn't it be nice if people all over the world were religiously literate: tha…
The Religion of Small Things The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit. – John 3:8 Imagine th…
The Listening Side of Love Sometimes when people talk to us, we aren’t really listening. We may hear them speak and look them in the eye. We may nod our heads in encouragement. But inwardly we are distracted by our private …
Such a Team of Teachers “The purest and truest spiritual life begins with accepting everything that comes to you as a gift and teaching.” — Bradford Keeney in Everyday Soul One of my earliest teachers w…