The just-released Oppenheimer film produced by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh and others, is making quite a stir: garnering acclaim […]
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The Paradoxes of Ethical Mysticism: my conversation with Jay Michaelson
By Mike Morrell on May 19, 2023 in Biblical, Changemaking, Contemplative, Emergence, Emergent, Guest Voices, Interviews, Jesus, Leadership, Life, Meditations, Peace
As long-time readers might be aware, Jay Michaelson is one of my heroes. An author, columnist, professor, meditation teacher, rabbi, and activist, Jay’s book Everything Is God: The Radical Path […]
The Hive: Where Indigenous Wisdom Meets the Way of Jesus | Hillary Raining and Mike Morrell
By Mike Morrell on February 16, 2023 in Biblical, Changemaking, Contemplative, Emergence, Emergent, Gatherings, Grace, Guest Voices, Jesus, Meditations, Podcast, Scripture, Storytelling, Worship
We’re living in a moment of jarring cultural shift. Sometimes it feels like the change of pace is relentless, doesn’t it? Yet our spiritual traditions offer a great wellspring of […]
Luminous Darkness: An Advent Meditation to Embrace Wholeness
By Mike Morrell on November 22, 2022 in Biblical, Contemplative, Foresight, Jesus, Life, Meditations, Scripture, Storytelling
As the days grow shorter and autumn hues give way to winter greys in the Northern Hemisphere, this coming Sunday marks the beginning of a season of yearning that many […]
Awakening our Bodies with Lavinia Plonka
By Mike Morrell on November 11, 2022 in Guest Voices, Health & Fitness, Initiation, Interviews, Leadership, Life, Meditations, Podcast, Rolfing
I don’t know about you, but living “in my body” hasn’t come natural to me. Whether due to innate “bookishness” (yep, I’m a nerd) or a bad bicycle accident I […]