Following The Way - Mind reflections

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Dec 1, 2019
6 min

The Wisdom in Waiting

My Dear One, I recently found myself impatiently waiting for a stoplight to turn green. Perhaps you can relate. The longer I waited, the ...

Oct 27, 2019
8 min

Tell All the Truth but Tell it Slant

My Dear One, Last week’s WayPost was simply a poem and I appreciate everyone who reached out to me saying it spoke to them in some way. I...

Oct 20, 2019
2 min

The Field of Belonging

The Field of Belonging by Rich Nelson Out beyond the field of belonging In that quiet, solemn place Where the bullfrogs sing, ancient har...

Sep 9, 2019
4 min

The Great River Within

Knowing what they mean by EXPANSE My Dear One, Growing up, my soul had a name. It was called the Missouri River. This great being was eve...

Aug 25, 2019
7 min

What is the Church?

Reflections from two days spent with a group of college students seeking to be Church together My Dear One, I just spent the last two day...

Aug 18, 2019
8 min

Is Punishment a Gift from God?

Does God punish us? If so, can that punishment be called “good”? Or can a God who “punishes” in such a way ever be called “good?” My Dear...

Jun 19, 2019
6 min

Seeing Through Progressive Lenses

My Dear One, I’m officially old. I noticed it was coming several months ago when I found myself moving small print around to find a range...

May 2, 2019
3 min

The Searcher and The Wise One

There once was a man who wanted nothing more than to do what God wanted him to do. He spent his whole life studying the wisdom of the wor...

Apr 26, 2019
8 min

The Christianity Yet To Come

It is a really challenging time to be The Church but It is a really exciting time to be a Christian a reflection for Easter on the death ...

Mar 1, 2019
8 min

Participants in the Divine

rethinking our human and divine nature My Dear One, In a previous WayPost, I spoke of the great potential in expanding our concept of God...

Feb 1, 2019
9 min

Is God One, Three or Four?

(and why the answer to that affects all other answers) My Dear One, Some questions have more than one answer. There is usually a simple a...

Jan 23, 2019
10 min

Self, Non-Self, and God-self

My Dear One, There is something we learn as a baby that we eventually need to unlearn if we are to make much progress at all as spiritual...

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