We far too often talk past each other. In order to understand one another, it’s imperative we define terms. Two different people both...

To be fully present in each moment opens up a whole new glorious universe. An advantage of having a scientist father was learning the...

How deeply will I allow the Spirit of God to penetrate my being? Spiritual direction involves spiritual formation that goes well beyond...

I had a friend named Zach (not his real name) whom I had known for over 20 years. He came to me for pastoral care. For most of this past...

He sailed from island to island Never setting ashore, nor Dropping anchor in spite of Inviting coves of clear water, Reefs teeming with...

I regularly cross paths with people who were once evangelical and/or fundamentalist Christians but now identify as atheists or agnostics....

The 1866 Gothic novella, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson was an immediate success. He...

Tectonic plates slip Cement liquifies Buildings implode Thousands perish Tens of thousands Refugees, cold, weary, hungry Dazed, wandering...

They are different, however. · Chaplains are seminary trained, board certified, ordained or endorsed, and specially educated in...

I’m not anti-church Churches have done much good over the centuries – Invented hospitals, nursing homes, hospice, orphanages promoting...

“The maintenance of secrets acts like a psychic poison which alienates the possessor from the community.” – C.G. Jung Family secrets are...

Enlightenment influenced modernity deifies the mob. While the despot, the dictator, and the king identify themselves with the state,...

Grief waves not in sets, crosscurrents, rip tides, slapping, gasping not a lake shore gentle lapping, nor the predictable surfable sets,...

A radical gulf lies between what the ego is convinced it needs and what the soul truly needs. The ego is convinced it needs to be loved....

Being Reparented by Abba We all have a wounded little child within. We are not wounded beyond repair, but we are wounded nonetheless....

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) was previously called multiple personality disorder. It was portrayed in the 1973 book and film,...

Those Long Seasons of Divine Absence Lawrence R. Taylor Long ago, a psalmist wrote that weeping or mourning may linger for a night, “but...

When incoming patients register at hospitals, they are asked to identify a religious preference. The majority self-identify as either...

Personality disorders are ways of describing dysfunctional personalities. They are persistent, life-long ways of behaving that are...

What does it mean to be psychotic? Psychosis describes a loss of contact with reality. Thoughts and perceptions are disturbed to the...