Essays

“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”Mark 8:36 There are few questions more uncomfortable than this one, because

We gather today not around a body, but around a mirror. There is no coffin, no polished wood, no flowers arranged in careful apology. There is only the reflection of

People often use the words mind and brain as though they mean the same thing. In ordinary conversation, this is understandable. We say, “My brain is tired,” “My brain won’t

Most people hear that sentence and immediately think of food. We think of calories, sugar, cholesterol, protein, vegetables, and whatever else we have been told this week will either save

Every happy thought and every terrifying fear can become God’s invitation to Love. That sentence may need a little gentleness around it, because fear itself is not God’s creation. God

To question everything is not the beginning of rebellion. It is the beginning of wisdom. This may sound strange at first, because many of us were taught that wisdom means

Recently, I upgraded from an iPhone 7 to an iPhone 12. For some people, that may not sound like a great leap into the future. But for me, it felt

Looking back, I can see many things I once called mistakes. Some were small and easily forgotten. Others were costly, embarrassing, painful, and difficult to explain. At the time, I

Getting freed from Egypt is only the beginning, not the end. The story of Exodus is often treated as a story of arrival. The slaves are delivered. Pharaoh’s power is

A Course in Miracles asks something of us that sounds simple until life gives us someone to forgive. It is one thing to speak of forgiveness in the quiet of