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What if there really was a messiah?
What if there really was a “messiah” who could save this world from the misery and suffering that plagues humankind, and birth a whole new world where we live together, whole, free and one. What if...
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Dear Jim (that’s me in the corner losing my religion)
What follows are a few of countless emails I have received from those who expressed how their involvement in religion damaged their lives. “Overall, I have to say that I lost my individuality through...
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How do we get roped into false beliefs and ideologies?
How do we get roped into the false beliefs, mindsets, narratives and ideologies that come to rule us from within and drive our lives? People who come out on the other side of shedding religion are...
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Is Jesus dead or alive? (and how the Christian religion messed this up)
Is Jesus dead or alive? The Christian religion has confused this question so thoroughly that it is the the main reason why our world is in the mess that it is now. I discuss this in the below YouTube...
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Theology is dead
Do we need theology and doctrine to know God or does it just get in the way? This is the subject of today’s YouTube video.
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We can save ourselves and this world (if we want to)
We think that the current condition of our world is inevitable. We don’t realize that it’s simply a manifestation of our ignorance and the false beliefs, mindsets, narratives and ideologies that rule...
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Should we be questioning the entire construct of death? Yes!
The subject of death is something most of us ponder and wonder about – not only our own death but also our loved ones that have been taken from us. What happens when we die? Where are our loved ones...
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How inner anarchy can save us
Okay, let me see if I can say this as simply as possible. 1. Our world is coming unglued and currently on a path to destruction. 2. It doesn’t have to be this way. 3. Religion is one of our biggest...
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Dear Christian Religion, Jesus is dead.
Dear Christian Religion, Jesus is dead. He died 2,000 years ago. There is not a bodily Jesus of Nazareth walking around or sitting on a throne somewhere beyond the clouds in a heavenly city with...
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What does Jesus have to do with crypto-anarchism?
I have studied anarchy in great depth, which led to my coining the phrase “inner anarchy,” which is the title of my most recent book. I am sympathetic toward anarchy as a social movement. Anarchy is...
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Did you ever hear in church that Jesus was an anarchist?
Did you ever hear in church that Jesus was an anarchist? Probably not. Many of my friends who are anarchists are Atheist. It makes sense. At its root, anarchy is the absence of a ruler – that would...
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Will inner anarchy lead to anarchy?
I recently published my fifth book, Inner Anarchy. Inner anarchy is turning away from the false beliefs, mindsets, narratives and ideologies that have been programmed into our heads through tradition,...
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Does Jesus bring peace or a sword?
In Matthew 10:34 Jesus said, “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.” This is one of those perplexing saying of Jesus that often gets...
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Inner + Anarchy = New World (Part 2: Contemplatives and Activists)
This is the second post in thee series: Inner + Anarchy = New Wold. As I mention in Part 1 of this series, Jesus said he did not come to bring peace but a sword. This is not Jesus advocating violence,...
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Inner + Anarchy = New World (Part Three: Something Old, Something New)
This is the third installment of a blog series I’ve been doing: Inner + Anarchy = New World. The series is expounding on themes of my recent book, Inner Anarchy. Inner anarchy is turning away from...
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Luck, leprechauns, and seeing your life differently
St. Patrick’s Day is the national holiday of Ireland, which celebrates Saint Patrick, one of the patron saints of Ireland. In the United States, the day is widely celebrated. The Chicago River is dyed...
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Let there be a silent tacit understanding and no more.
“This book is not the Truth. The Truth is not something that can be elucidated through words. Every thought and idea in this book is a temporary expedient or provisional means to point you in the...
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Social justice and the inner life (how I got here)
Social justice has been a significant part of my journey. Years ago it’s what led me to take the helm of an NGO that works with juvenile delinquency, structural injustice, impoverished communities and...
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Raised on spectatorship and submission
“For the civilian born in captivity and raised on spectatorship and submission, direct action changes everything. The morning she arises to put a plan into motion, she awakens under a different sun –...
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Offering spiritual direction
I have a spiritual direction practice. This includes seeing people face-to-face who live in the Nashville and Middle Tennessee area. I also do spiritual direction with individuals over the phone or...
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