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What is “Christian Practice?”
I am beginning to wonder, if you were to ask the average “Christian” what their “Christian Practice” is, whether or not they would have any idea what you were asking them. Mind you, I don’t blame these...
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Changes in Direction
If you are on a spiritual journey, I would encourage you to take a moment and reflect on your path. The vast majority of Americans are not in the same spiritual or religious tradition in which they...
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Some Things Cannot Be Fixed
There are things in life that become so broken they cannot be fixed – or it simply isn’t wise to fix them because of the cost and impermanence of the repairs. In these cases, it’s better to let things...
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Conspiracy Theories
Many people have bought into the idea that it is necessary to gain some special knowledge or insight in order to progress spiritually. Nothing could be farther from the truth, yet some people so...
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Goalless Path
As westerners, we are obsessed with goals. When it comes to the spiritual path, being focused on achieving something can actually set us back. We wonder how fast we can become enlightened, how soon we...
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Pinning Badges on the Chest of Practice
Sometimes we approach spiritual practice as if it was a kind of obstacle course in which we earned badges for each level we completed. We go out and buy the right “shoes” for our practice – perhaps a...
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Bare Bones Spiritual Practice
Since it’s Halloween, it seems appropriate to talk about “Bare Bones Spiritual Practice.” It’s been my experience that, while there are aspects of any spiritual or religious tradition that can be...
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Effort
In the spiritual life, we tend to apply more effort than someone sitting on the toilet after winning a cheese eating contest. Yes, effort is important – but so is letting go. You need to do your...
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The Right Question is No Question
From a Christian perspective, the sign of mature religion is not someone who asks “what would Jesus do?” Nor is it someone who picks and chooses from the scores of characters in the Bible that present...
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Experience
When it comes to spirituality, there’s nothing more valuable than experience. Quite often when I run across a promotional piece hyping a speaker who will be delivering a message at a church or temple I...
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Belief or Practice?
One of the biggest, and most popular, contemporary understandings of Christianity is the idea that Christianity is essentially about believing the right things – but Jesus never instructed anyone to...
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