Recently I read a story in the New York Times about Friedrich Schelling, an eighteenth-century German philosopher. Schelling created and promoted a philosophy of nature that upended the mechanical models developed by thinkers such as Isaac Newton and Rene Descartes.…
Year: 2022
The Gift of Presence
I am trying to be more present. This means I stop my wandering mind from going to the past or worrying about the future. Doing so helps me be grateful for each moment of my life. Doing so also helps…
See Miracles Everywhere
My commute to campus is relatively short; about a six minute walk. Every day, I walk past the same houses and parked cars, greet the few neighbors out early and say hi to the neighborhood cat, and try to calm…
Blessing for a New Year
Earlier this summer on a blazingly hot weekend morning, my family and I walked to campus so our young boys could ride their bikes around the Dell. To my kids, campus is the best playground. We essentially had the entire…
Serving Seekers
“What religion are you anyway?” This question was recently asked of me, not out of rudeness, but out of complete curiosity. I looked down at the yin yang pendant my spiritual guru gave me. Next to it was a Buddha…
Play, Work, Rest
This past weekend our campus hosted the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Regional Assembly. Close to 250 members of local Disciples churches joined for a day of workshops, connection, and meetings. There were yard games, inflatable bouncy houses, an ice…
Live Life and Ask Questions
Three years ago today the world lost Rachel Held Evans, a gifted theologian and writer. Emma Green writing for The Atlantic argues that Evans’ legacy is “her unwillingness to cede ownership of Christianity to its traditional conservative-male stewards” and that…
Bathing in Loving Care
Recently I took part in a celebration of the Buddha’s birthday, which was organized by the University of Lynchburg’s Buddhist Community. The ceremony took place in the front yard of the Spiritual Life Center on a windy afternoon. On this…
Larger, Freer, and More Loving
If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. – James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time I had a striking conversation with a student recently about…
Holiday Love
I have a deep connection to Chinese Spirituality. Both Buddhism and Taoism are integral parts of my spiritual core. In fact, The Tao Te Ching inspires me in ways that are hard to express. It is not uncommon for me…
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