One of the weaknesses of modern Christianity is a lack of disciplines for self-observation, self-knowledge, and self-mastery. This is partly…
This past week, self-help guru and author Wayne Dyer died at age 75. He was beloved by celebrities like Oprah…
I chose to study and follow up on this Buddhist teacher and style of meditation because of all the spiritual…
In 2001, during my journey out of Christendom, I attended a 10 day silent Buddhist meditation retreat in the California…
Once upon a time there were three Buddhist monks who lived in a monastery. Each day, the monks would walk…
I wrote this essay back in 2001 during my period of away from Christianity, while I was exploring Vipassana Buddhist…
The Christian Muslim Forum, an interfaith group, has released what it calls Ethical Guidelines for Christian and Muslim Witness in Britain (PDF). Interestingly, some more…
This post is part of a series In Part 1 of this series, I examined Pascal’s wager as a risk calculation…
This post is part of a series. The Council on Foreign Relations recently had a great three part symposium, and…
Recently, I came across the essays of John Cobb in The Dialogue Comes of Age: Christian Encounters With Other Traditions Although…
The military dictatorship in Burma wants “Christians to be wiped out” from the predominantly Buddhist nation. The southeast Asian country…
I am in the process of applying to seminary, and my application essay is causing some pause at one college. …
This is the most important essay in the entire series, primarily because it outlines the assumptions upon which the rest…