Hints and Guesses

We All Worship Something

This episode is about the religious instinct, our proclivity to worship, the fact that we bow down to something, and what might happen if we consent to the inner compass which seeks ultimate meaning.

”There is no such thing” as God

Merton, Nietzsche, Buber and a few thoughts on the opportunities when we no longer know what we mean by God.   

The Cult of Identity and the ”True Self”

I'd like to turn to Thomas Merton's writings on the True Self.  I find his mystical understanding of identity to be counter-cultural, challenging and ultimately hopeful.  I hope you hear a hint or guess from Merton, as I am, for your own descent beneath the ego's demands and stances.  Enjoy!

Thank God I’m Not Like Other People

Some reflections and an unorthodox reading of an old parable of Jesus.  Enjoy!

Approaching Deconstruction, Dark Night and Emptiness

What is deconstruction? Or the Dark Night for that matter?  And what is it that we are being invited into, during certain seasons of life? These are only hints and guesses.  

Ancient Compost: The Trees are on Fire

This week is about the sacred, the holy ordinary, trees lit from within, Annie Dillard, Moses, and a few suggested practices for deepening our quality of attention.  Enjoy!

Ancient Compost: Pilgrimage and the Absence of God

A podcast about the golden calf, the absence of God, the center which has no center, and the nutrients left in the compost heap of our spiritual ancestors.

Ancient Compost: Babel and Borders

The first in my Monday series on ancient texts, Biblical images, and the compost heap of the wisdom tradition.  This episode is a musing on Babel, power, greed, pride, Putin, borders, invasion and the Wind.  Enjoy!

The (Re)Rise of Fundamentalism

Hopefully I'll step on everyone's toes, including my own.

Brie Stoner and the Gates of Unknowing

Excited to chat with Brie Stoner.  We chat about courage, art, motherhood, divorce, unknowing, mentors and geography.  Enjoy!