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Spiritual Narcissism Leads To Superstitious Religion
Spirituality at its core is an earnest seeking after God, a burning desire to immerse oneself in the Divine, to be one with the Ground of...
Lawrence Taylor
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When the Unconscious Takes Over
An exploding volcano rains hellfire and wreaks havoc on villagers. An earthquake swallows an entire city. Insurance companies call them...
Lawrence Taylor
May 135 min read
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I Need Both Spiritual Direction and Therapy (you likely do too)
As far back as I can remember, I have on occasion been very aware of the divine presence. I just knew God existed. And, because I was...
Lawrence Taylor
May 133 min read
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Unlocking the Inner You: The Dangers of Spiritual Bypassing
Imagine a big old house with a huge, dank dirt floor basement filled with stuff. Nobody’s been down there for decades, maybe centuries....
Lawrence Taylor
May 64 min read
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Hope
Hope. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. (Proverbs 13:12) I’m told that a human being...
Lawrence Taylor
Apr 204 min read
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The Dark Triad: Recognizing Toxic Religious Leaders
Jesus was (and is) never abusive, coercive, manipulative, dishonest, or condoning of violence. Conversely, he was (and is) characterized...
Lawrence Taylor
Apr 165 min read
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The Hardest Task God Requires: Forgiveness: a Christian Perspective
My son Elliott committed suicide when he was in high school. After his death, church people told me he was in hell because of the way he...
Lawrence Taylor
Mar 1114 min read
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Consumerism, Faith, & Stewardship
I’m not an economist and I, like most of us in the occident, enjoy an historically unprecedented standard of living, yet, even from my...
Lawrence Taylor
Feb 173 min read
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Rejection
Rejection is a form of loss, suffering, bereavement. It may be external, as when someone doesn’t like the music you composed, the poem...
Lawrence Taylor
Feb 142 min read
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Year of the Snake
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 – the Lunar New Year, AKA, Chinese New Year, the year of the snake. Snakes get a bad rap, perhaps because of...
Lawrence Taylor
Jan 292 min read
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Spirituality's Impact on Motivation and Behavior Systems
The behavioral activation system (BAS) is a neurobehavioral system that motivates people to seek rewards and achieve goals. It's also...
Lawrence Taylor
Jan 32 min read
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Heart Check
Mt. 13:3b “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell on a path, and the birds came and ate them up. 5 Other...
Lawrence Taylor
Jan 34 min read
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Journey
Radiant purposes of slowly bursting understandings Allow room for the unveiling of violet spinning mysteria That reaches to the place...
Lawrence Taylor
Dec 28, 20241 min read
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The Journey of Faith Deconstruction
We all want to belong. We all want to be loved. We all want to be accepted. It feels good to be welcomed into any group, but especially...
Lawrence Taylor
Dec 6, 20244 min read
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Unlocking Spiritual Breakthroughs: a Journey into Truth
Things cruise along, business as usual, until there’s a paradigm-shifting breakthrough. It was assumed humans could not fly until the...
Lawrence Taylor
Dec 4, 20242 min read
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Finding Your True Identity
Who am I? It is vital for us to discover our authentic selves. We all emerge into adulthood wearing layers of personae. They are...
Lawrence Taylor
Nov 7, 20246 min read
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I don't want a biblical marriage
Amongst some fundamentalist Christian nationalists there is an extremely toxic idea masquerading as “Biblical marriage.” I recently...
Lawrence Taylor
Oct 23, 20242 min read
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God never abandons us
Three times in Romans 1 Paul refers to God giving the unrepentant over: 24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their...
Lawrence Taylor
Oct 20, 20242 min read
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The Art of Listening
It seems like no one listens anymore. Talking heads yell over one another on television, politicians utter absurd outlandish lies that...
Lawrence Taylor
Oct 14, 20243 min read
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Three Essential Professionals
The word “professional” has shifted in meaning in the last few decades. It traditionally referred to anyone whose job required an...
Lawrence Taylor
Oct 5, 20242 min read
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