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How to Grieve Redemptively
Second of Three in a Series Rather than deny, disown, or distance ourselves from grief, we need to own it, to integrate it into our...
Lawrence Taylor
Jul 12, 20253 min read


How to Help Grieving People
Last in a Three-Part Series First, allow me to share from experience what works and what doesn’t. Please don’t tell me Everything will be...
Lawrence Taylor
Jul 12, 20252 min read


Sitting With God on the Mourners' Bench
Our core being, what Jung referred to as the Self, is what might be seen in traditional Christian theological terms as the regenerated...
Lawrence Taylor
May 23, 20253 min read


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
May 22, 20255 min read


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 13, 20255 min read


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 13, 20253 min read


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 6, 20254 min read


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 20, 20254 min read


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 16, 20255 min read


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 11, 202514 min read


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 17, 20253 min read


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 14, 20252 min read


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 29, 20252 min read


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 3, 20252 min read


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 3, 20254 min read


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


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


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


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


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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