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The Hero: You
You are the hero in the Hero Story The Iliad and The Odyssey, Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Idylls of the King. The hero...
Lawrence Taylor
Feb 22, 20243 min read


Mixed Emotions on Valentine's Day
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Valentine’s Day. The anniversary of the day we buried my oldest son....
Lawrence Taylor
Feb 14, 20242 min read


Awe & Wonder
Wonder. Awe. Perhaps having a sense of wonder and awe is what Jesus meant when he said we must become as children to enter the Kingdom of...
Lawrence Taylor
Dec 6, 20232 min read


Being Consistently Inconsistent
Consistently Inconsistent With the empowering aid of God’s Spirit, we aim to be consistent in prayer, to consistently love, be...
Lawrence Taylor
Dec 5, 20235 min read


Original Blessing
Manichaeanism was a Gnostic-like religion in the third century of the common era. It was based on the teachings of Mani (216-274 AD) and...
Lawrence Taylor
Nov 29, 20233 min read


Finding the Authentic me
I came to faith in Christ when I was by myself. God revealed himself to me in a profound mystical experience. I knew God was love and...
Lawrence Taylor
Nov 26, 20232 min read


The Kiss
I once worked with a guy who, in response to anyone’s morning greeting, replied, “Same old routine.” Like gentle sleeping Rosamond,[1] we...
Lawrence Taylor
Nov 25, 20232 min read


Connectedness
Connect. Know. Love. Cherish. We long for connectedness. We long to love and be loved. We were created by love to love and be loved. We...
Lawrence Taylor
Nov 23, 20236 min read


One Authentic Self
The three of us work in a nondescript suburban department store. Manager, stock-boy, and human resource guy. I’m the HR dude. The manager...
Lawrence Taylor
Nov 8, 20233 min read


SEX
Our sexuality is an expression of the innate desire, the longing we all have to connect with God, others, our deepest selves, and...
Lawrence Taylor
Oct 28, 20236 min read


Dragons & Monsters
“This is the end–for me the beginning of life.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s last words before he was hanged in the Nazi concentration camp of...
Lawrence Taylor
Oct 28, 20234 min read


Spiritual and Psychological Wholeness
Trivia bubbles to the surface in the senile. For all of us, that which was too difficult to understand at the time it happened stays...
Lawrence Taylor
Oct 13, 20236 min read


Men Over 65 Are at High Risk for Suicide
Men over 65 have the highest rate of suicide in America.[1] Why? Lack of purpose in retirement, loneliness, lack of independence, worry...
Lawrence Taylor
Sep 26, 20234 min read


Healing Light
Shadow Work We all have a shadow side. It’s not necessarily bad; it’s just hidden. The shadow side consists of those parts of ourselves...
Lawrence Taylor
Sep 16, 20233 min read


Mighty Cachalot
Eighty-foot-long King of the Seas , sperm-whale, Physeter macrocephalus Must live in the depths, diving over 7,000 feet, Doing battle...
Lawrence Taylor
Sep 7, 20231 min read


Burnt-Out Pastors
During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States experienced a great resignation. Unemployment was at an all-time low but people...
Lawrence Taylor
Sep 5, 20233 min read


Discerning Your Calling
Jesus bids us follow. Much of what it means to follow Jesus applies across the board to every apprentice of Christ – all of us are called...
Lawrence Taylor
Aug 18, 20232 min read


Shall We Take a Walk?
At times, it seems like a fairy tale. Peace on earth. All things made new. Thy Kingdom come. The meek inheriting the earth. The last...
Lawrence Taylor
Aug 17, 20233 min read


Lost in the Music of Love
Wandering loner Broken by Life Pharmaceutically numbed Descendant of slaves Chibuike’s mistake was speaking out Against the regime, which...
Lawrence Taylor
Aug 12, 20236 min read


everything radically new
Our broken world needs well-integrated, psychologically healthy people – people, in other words, who are kind, tolerant, and nice. We...
Lawrence Taylor
Aug 1, 20231 min read
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