Author: Sage

I like to try to imagine the power of a black hole. A black hole is a region in space that has such strong gravitational pull that NOTHING can escape. Not particles. Not electromagnetic radiation. Not light. Around a black hole there is a place of no return. it is called the event horizon. It’s just…

Occasionally, people come up to me to talk about these posts. It’s really wonderful. I love talking about these topics. I had a person come up to me this week and talk with me briefly about my last post thinking about God. Basically, she said that she understood where I was coming from. But she…

I get so frustrated with God language. I know the instant I use the word “God” I am isolating people. I am turning people off and, therefore, not helping the world spiritually in the way I would like to. For me, God is everything. It’s like the giant aquarium of everything. It is the multiverse.…

Someone once gave our family tickets to a Cavs game. They’ve got these REALLY cool Jumbotrons above the floor. These massive, beautiful video displays cover the action on the floor. It’s super cool to watch the floor and then watch the Jumbotron. I was watching the game not noticing anything out of the ordinary. I…

Early on, in our homeless tent community, we had very little. We didn’t have laundry. We didn’t have a shower. We didn’t have computers or a food pantry or a clothes room. We had nothing other than ourselves. There was just some land in the back of a building where a few people put a…

Have you ever been to the desert? You’ll know what I’m talking about, if you have. The desert is a place that makes no sense. The desert is random and chaotic. The desert is a place where you ask questions like: “What have I done to deserve this?” “God, why have you forsaken me? “What…

There are these universal experiences people have in certain spiritual moments. People talk about a white light in near death experiences. Users of a drug called “DMT”  have reported encounters with “machine elves”: entities referenced throughout the world in shamanic cultures. There are no atheists in foxholes. Many prisoners report “finding” God in prison. I’m not…

I’ve gotten real comfortable with my weaknesses. I can’t plan things. I am overwhelmed at the grocery store. I don’t appreciate nice things. I’m not getting any smarter. In the great words of Popeye: “I am who I am.” But we live in a country where we are supposed to all be “moving up.” A…

I have a hard time with the Bible, sometimes. I realize that’s heresy in the Protestant world. The key idea of the Protestant Reformation of 1517 was the belief that the Bible, not tradition, should be the sole source of spiritual authority. (This, in big part, had to do with Gutenberg and his movable type…

I have debated broaching this topic for quite some time. God is a sensitive topic.  Many people advise never talking about politics or religion. It’s true. That’s the safe bet. But it is also the fearful bet. Not discussing the most important and fundamental drivers of our lives is a bit of a shame. Strategically…