Essays

Stuff happens. Plans collapse. Words land wrong. Health falters. Someone leaves. Something breaks. The mind reacts instantly, not by asking what is, but by declaring what it means. Good. Bad.

At first glance, the statement “There is no world” sounds absurd, even offensive. We wake each morning to the smell of coffee, the sound of traffic, the feel of a

The story of the Israelites wandering in the desert for forty years is more than a tale of lost travelers. It’s a mirror held up to the mind that resists

The Uneasy Climate of Our Times If you turn on the news, scroll through social media, or listen to conversations around you, there’s a shared vibration running through almost everything—anxiety,

A Course in Miracles with a Wink and a Smile There are moments when life serves you something so absurd you just have to laugh—or cry—but laughing burns fewer calories.

The Gospel According to Alfred E. Neuman There’s an unexpected spiritual teacher hiding behind that gap-toothed grin. Alfred E. Neuman, the eternal mascot of Mad Magazine, spent decades asking a

Few places evoke as much collective dread as the Department of Motor Vehicles. For most of us, it represents the ultimate test of patience—long lines, endless forms, and the slow

At first glance, Total Recall (1990, directed by Paul Verhoeven and based on Philip K. Dick’s short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”) is a science-fiction action film

The Familiar Command“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Matthew 7:12) is one of the best-known teachings in all of Scripture. It appears simple, direct, and

A Course in Miracles and the Shift from “Why Me?” to Purposeful Perception One of the most profound questions introduced in A Course in Miracles (ACIM) is the deceptively simple,