Is it that time of year already? Thanksgiving just happened, and Christmas is coming…how are you feeling? Overwhelmed? Resolute? Confused? Curious? From the latest mass shootings to ongoing political turmoil, from […]
Archive | Contemplative
Re-Visioning Religion | The Story of Our Time | Robert Atkinson
Mike’s note: Here’s an excerpt from the Speakeasy book review selection, The Story of Our Time. In these pages, Dr. Robert Atkinson offers a deeply thoughtful narrative of conscious evolution drawn […]
The Reality and Goodness of the World: Tantric Jesus | James Reho
What follows is the first of several excerpts from one of this month’s Speakeasy book review selections, Tantric Jesus, wherein Episcopal Priest and tantric initiate James Reho makes a provocative proposal: Original Christian […]
“I Have Disarmed Myself” | The Wisdom of Hazrat Inayat Khan
Someone once asked Inayat Khan – founder of the Sufi Order International (now The Inayati Order) and beloved Murshid (or Teacher) to many – “Are you a pessimist?” “No,” Pir-o-Murshid replied. “An optimist, […]
Ask Me Anything: In Conversation with Cara Meredith [Interview]
I recently connected with writer, speaker, pastor, podcaster, coach, mama, wife, and activist-theologian Cara Meredith. We talk about The Divine Dance, the writing life, and the experiences that change us. Let’s dive […]
