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Existential College Freshman

Apparently, I’ve been been a spiritual wanderer for a long time. I recently found this Religions 100 project from freshman year at Western Michigan University. It’s funny after journeying almost 25 years since then, I’m in a similar place. Enjoy the angst of a 19-year-old…

Social Mania

I’m amazed how feelings of anxiety and loneliness have increased as the use of social media has increased. It feels like social mania. With all the recent negative news, do you feel the world is broken? It always has been, but we’ve never had a firehose of instant accessible “breaking” info like we do now.Continue reading “Social Mania”

Passing Through the Fire

My son and I had just joined karate. He was a “yellow-white” belt. Our Tang Soo Do Master insisted we go ahead and try a tournament. My son did excellent in his forms, but I was worried about his sparring. He was paired with a kid who was two years older and a green beltContinue reading “Passing Through the Fire”

In the beginning…

in the words of Mike McHargue In the beginning, there was a rapid expansion of a Singularity. 380,000 years later, there was light. And when there was light, there was hydrogen and there was helium and there were stable, fundamental forces of physics. They worked together to birth the first stars and those stars livedContinue reading “In the beginning…”

Fireflies in December

Do you remember Clark Griswold? What is a favorite scene from the movie “Christmas Vacation?” Perhaps it’s the sledding scene, the squirrel in the Christmas tree, or Randy Quaid’s character saying “Good morning!” One of my favorite scenes is when Clark is trying desperately to get his Christmas lights to work. We have a ChristmasContinue reading “Fireflies in December”

GOD

First, in the words of the theologian William Martin Joel: “You may be right… I may be crazy…” The more I learn about other traditions or perspectives, the more I see wisdom (as well as some goofiness). I am engaged in spiritual practices by wrestling with these questions and reading a lot – by meditating,Continue reading “GOD”

Confidence in the Key of Love

Letter from a young high school student Dear Mrs. P, I have had a lot of teachers in my life and a lot of them have taught me things that don’t have to do with school. Through these teachers, I’ve learned my strengths and weaknesses and even what I want to do after high school.Continue reading “Confidence in the Key of Love”

Cliff Notes

Cliff Notes Think back to when you were very young. Can you name an adult outside of your immediate family who treated you like you were older? Do you remember what it was like to have a conversation with that person? Do you remember that person listening to you with such curiosity, like your words andContinue reading “Cliff Notes”