The Tipping Point: How We Can Shape Our Shared Future

We are living in a time of extraordinary power and increasing instability—technological, environmental, and social. Yet the deeper challenge may not be external, but internal. A human being is not singular, but composed of many dimensions: rational, emotional,...

Finding a True Teacher: How to Recognize Authentic Spiritual Guidance

Most of us search for guidance at some point in our lives. We seek love, meaning, mastery, connection, and protection. To find what we are looking for, we often turn to teachers and role models. Yet the search is challenging: Some teachers are sincere but not right...

What Can I Do?

We live in a world of artificial intelligence, nuclear weapons, and environmental instability; yet finding solutions to the conflicts threatening civilization may begin much closer to home. A World Under Strain We are living in a frightening moment in human history,...

Turtles All the Way Down

On God, Mystery, and Trust From childhood questions about who created God to a lifetime of reflection on faith, institutions, and human longing, this essay explores the enduring mystery at the heart of existence. If certainty about God, justice, or the meaning of...

Where Peace Begins

A Sound Meditation Practice for Divided Times This essay follows last week’s reflection, “How Did We Get Here?”, in which I explored the roots of our present instability. Analysis alone is not enough. This companion reflection, “Peace in a Warring World: A MediSounds...