Mystic - or Not at All

A few thoughts on inflation, the choices we make with zeal and enthusiasm, and the alternative path of a simple yes or no.

A few thoughts on the relationship between landscape and the Soul, a poem my Joy Harjo, and a few reflections on walking and praying in beauty.  Enjoy!

Here are a few reflections on the future of Christianity, Freud, prayer, the story of Moses, and the God of Being.  Enjoy!

Here are a few thoughts on Bryan Johnson and the Don't Die movement, Nietzche's image of the Ubermensch (beyond human), and the Prometheus myth.  Enjoy!

Here's an episode exploring the human shadow.  I offer here an image of the psyche, a way to think about projection, and a myth that helps.  Enjoy!

This episode explores Robert Bly's poem, One Source of Bad Information, how I got my Enneagram number wrong for 20 years, and a little of how ended up back in the church.  Special thanks to may Patrons who keep this podcast going.  Enjoy!

It's the time of year to do a like searching spiritual inventory, a Great Annual Examen.  This requires discernment, a word that's not all that common anymore.  I also want to talk a little about AI and about becoming the kind of person who joins the Cosmic Dance.  Happy New Year.  Enjoy!

A winter storm canceled church, so here's a sermon of sorts.  Enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving!  Here are a few thoughts on blessing, pilgrimage, monastic creativity, and the new dark age.  Wishing you all many blessings.  May the road rise to meet you.  Enjoy!

The ancient prophets were something like the first shadow detectors, and had the courage to externalize their vision of the world.  What ever happened to such prophetic imagination?  Are there any lessons we can metabolize from the prophets in our age of madness?  What would it be like to stand between the way of power and the way of denial, a creative alternative to the tantalizing polls of scapegoating and blame?  Enjoy!