If you stay in the mainstream of life, you let in the suffering of the world that invariably enters all of our lives by the time we're in our middle ….

Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity; Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God.

Nature religions, for example, speak of summer, fall, winter, and spring. They see the downward path as the necessary prelude to any kind of upward p….

Worship of Jesus is rather harmless and risk-free; actually following Jesus changes everything..

To believe in Jesus, is to believe that the historic person who lived on this earth more than 2000 years ago was the image of the invisible God. That….

Church practice has been more influenced by Plato than by Jesus. We invariably prefer the universal synthesis, the answer that settles all the dust a….

One time, a Protestant minister said, "We made Jesus blonde haired and blue eyed and very cute. We made Jesus somehow a much more feminine figure." A….

It's important to note that Jesus and Christ are two different faith affirmations. Hardly any Christians have been taught that - they think "Christ" ….

Advent is not about a sentimental waiting for the Baby Jesus..

"Christ" is bigger than the Earth planet. If tomorrow we discover life on another planet, the whole "Jesus" piece would not make sense anymore. If he….

I'm not trying to make political statements ,but theological statements. How can religion get itself so identified with one political party, exclusio….

Most Christian 'believers' tend to echo the cultural prejudices and worldviews of the dominant group in their country, with only a minority revealing….

The journey never happens alone..

If you're the head of the organization that has to pay salaries, bills and keep the money coming, you have to be concerned with pleasing the middle. ….

The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfection—and told us that we m….

To keep the middle coming back, you can't say some radically conservative or radically progressive things. That's been the bane of organized religion….

Jesus liberated us from religion. Jesus taught simple religious practices over major theorizing.… The only thoughts Jesus told us to police were our ….

My scientist friends have come up with things like 'principles of uncertainty' and dark holes. They're willing to live inside imagined hypotheses and….

I believe in mystery and multiplicity. To religious believers this may sound almost pagan. But I don't think so..

Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future..

Spirituality is about being ready. All the spiritual disciplines of your life - prayer, study, meditation or ritual, religious vows - are there so yo….