“The best way we can fight back is to hold tight to our awe, wonder, and delight.”

Joy is not neutral. Delight can be a way of standing together when fear wants us to scatter. A Third Quarter Moon reflection on the Via Positiva.

Kin-dom Rising begins with a question the world still resists: how does mutual indwelling awakens care, and why that care provokes empire?

Faith built on desperation and fear is brittle and prone to breaking. Faith is not built. It is a force within us that drives us toward what we hope for. Faith is the courage to act, not a belief we cling to.

Kin-dom Rising begins here. A Gospel that does not wield the sword, yet draws it from the world around it. Read: The Gospel That Draws the Sword.

People who need the Bible to be historically accurate for their faith to be true simply don't understand the purpose of the stories therein. The Bible is the stories that collect the cultural memory of a people, curated by those who wanted that version of their culture to survive.

This has been a strange year. Many bad and terrible things happened, and many wonderful and amazing things. We evolved to focus on the bad things. We need to struggle against that instinct. If we do not acknowledge the good, we will be swallowed by the bad.

There are stars we only see when we finally look up. Epiphany is not arrival. It is recognition. The Star That Calls Us Home is now live. https://bit.ly/3Lhre62 #Epiphany #OriginalBlessing #Christopagan #SpiritualFormation #Mysticism #FourPaths #SacredWonder

This piece is for anyone who has been told they are broken when they are simply exhausted. There is a different way. It begins with wonder. https://bit.ly/3Lhre62 #Epiphany #OriginalBlessing #Christopagan #SpiritualFormation #Mysticism #FourPaths #SacredWonder

I don’t post a lot about what is happening in the world right now, not because I am ignoring it, but because I want to build something better and not get mired in the gunk of the moment. If the game is attention and distraction, focusing on liberation, justice, and peace is the best I can do.

I stand with Senator Mark Kelly.

The Wolf Moon devotional is live. A Via Transformativa reflection on healing, justice, and becoming. https://bit.ly/4qvwP7C #WolfMoon #ViaTransformativa #CreationSpirituality #SacredJustice #LunarDevotional #Christopagan

“We do not bow because we must. We bow because we recognize presence.” “The Name is not domination. It is recognition.” https://bit.ly/45Cd1r3 #HolyName #ViaPositiva #CreationSpirituality #Christopagan #FeastOfTheHolyName #MutualIndwelling #SacredPresence

War is the last refuge of cowards. The amount of fear and insecurity required for a person to take the life of another is unfathomable to most of us. How much more is required to murder at scale. The courage of the knife is an admission of failure.

The U.S. hit Venezuela with a "large-scale strike" early Saturday and said President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington. https://to.pbs.org/4qnCltz

The Wolf Moon rises not to accuse, but to illuminate. What it shows is what is asking for care. https://bit.ly/4qvwP7C #WolfMoon #ViaTransformativa #CreationSpirituality #SacredJustice #LunarDevotional #Christopagan

Today’s Via Positiva reflection explores apocalypse as clarity, mindfulness, and wonder. No doom. No fear. Only the world revealed as it already is. https://bit.ly/49BfhBl #ChristmasSpirituality #Apocalypse #MindfulPresence #ChristianMysticism #WalkingWithoutWalking

The difference between the miraculous and the mundane is often how we receive the moment. This is an invitation to practice seeing. https://bit.ly/49BfhBl #ChristmasSpirituality #Apocalypse #MindfulPresence #ChristianMysticism #WalkingWithoutWalking

Today’s Creation’s Paths reflection explores Mary as Tree of Life, matrix of creation, and guide through the Via Transformativa. A meditation on grace, grief, creativity, and repair. https://bit.ly/3MZ2T5n #CreationsPaths #ViaTransformativa #MotherOfGod #MarianSpirituality

Mary is not only the mother of Christ. She is the space where life learns how to arrive without force. The Eighth Day of Christmas · Via Transformativa https://bit.ly/3MZ2T5n #CreationsPaths #ViaTransformativa #MotherOfGod #MarianSpirituality

New Creation’s Paths reflection: When Revelation Finds Its Voice A meditation on Simeon, Anna, and creative waiting. https://bit.ly/49AhvAQ #CreationSpirituality #ViaCreativa #Christopagan #CreativeWaiting #SacredTime #PropheticVoice #SpiritualFormation #AdventReflection

This Seventh Day of Christmas sits with the ache between knowing and doing. You’re welcome to linger there with us. https://bit.ly/49AhvAQ #CreationSpirituality #ViaCreativa #Christopagan #CreativeWaiting #SacredTime #PropheticVoice #SpiritualFormation #AdventReflection

New Christmas reflection: Rachel Refuses Comfort. Where was God when the children were killed—and where is God now? https://bit.ly/4jn8I91 #RachelWeeps #HaMakom #ChristmasLament #Christopagan #HolyInnocents

"Refusing to be consoled" feels like the state we are trapped in, but if we are open to grieving the many sorrow we find in life and in the news, we can find healing, if not simple answers. open.substack.com/pub/creation...

Rachel weeps. God does not leave. This is not comfort. This is presence. https://bit.ly/4jn8I91 #RachelWeeps #HaMakom #ChristmasLament #Christopagan #HolyInnocents

This is a Christmas story for caretakers, watchers, and those keeping vigil. https://bit.ly/3YLsnpk #ChristmasReflection #CreationSpirituality #ChristianMysticism #Christopagan #AweAndWonder #PeaceOnEarth

New Christmas reflection: The Vigil of the Night Watch What the shepherds teach us about awe, fear, and peace. https://bit.ly/3YLsnpk #ChristmasReflection #CreationSpirituality #ChristianMysticism #Christopagan #AweAndWonder #PeaceOnEarth

Where has pressure shaped you rather than destroyed you? The Holy Family knew that fire well. https://bit.ly/3YSUQcR ChristmasReflections #HolyFamily #CreationSpirituality

Day 4 of Christmas is live. The Holy Family was not porcelain. They were forged under pressure. https://bit.ly/3YSUQcR ChristmasReflections #HolyFamily #CreationSpirituality

This is not a story about certainty. It is a meditation on compassion that learns how to stay soft. https://bit.ly/4qqBVC3 #CreationSpirituality #Christopagan #MysticalChristianity

What if creativity begins by noticing what draws you, not by forcing a result? https://bit.ly/3MT0fhz #FirstQuarterMoon #SacredCreativity #Christopagan

Third Day of Christmas: John the Wayfarer and the Chalice of Light. An invitation into love that has learned to mature. https://bit.ly/4qqBVC3 #CreationSpirituality #Christopagan #MysticalChristianity

New devotion for the Feast of St Stephen. What happens when grace threatens certainty? Read: https://bit.ly/48Wb5vU #CreationSpirituality #StStephen #Grace

Christmas doesn’t end in silence. It ends with a witness. Stephen shows us what love looks like when fear fights back. Read: https://bit.ly/48Wb5vU #CreationSpirituality #StStephen #Grace

New Christmas reflection: The Indwelling Christ. God did not arrive in control. God arrived dependent. Read here: https://bit.ly/44LvGAu Where is life being entrusted to you right now?

Names carry power. Authority carries responsibility. What happens when we claim God’s name without living its fruits?

New episode of Creation’s Paths: What if “taking God’s name in vain” isn’t about swearing, but about authority? 🎙️ Watch now:

What does it mean to take God's name in vein? You will be surprised by the answer. Read: https://bit.ly/4jhRYjq #Advent #CosmicChrist #Christopagan #MysticalChristianity #Kenosis

Happy week 4 of advent Read: https://bit.ly/4jhRYjq #Advent #CosmicChrist #Christopagan #MysticalChristianity #Kenosis

New Advent essay: Incarnation isn’t locked in history. It’s happening in us. Read: https://bit.ly/4jhRYjq #Advent #CosmicChrist #Christopagan #MysticalChristianity #Kenosis

Burnout is not failure. It is a sign you need rest, not more striving. The New Moon teaches us how to regroup without shame. https://bit.ly/4qgb2R4 #Animism #LivingGod #CosmicChrist #Christopagan

Fear thrives when we forget we are interconnected. Animism is not about worshiping objects, but learning to listen. This week on Creation’s Paths: Animism & the Living God Watch or listen here: https://bit.ly/3Yj1Srr #Animism #LivingGod #CosmicChrist #Christopagan

Mitt Romney may be talking about raising taxes on the rich, but he is also talking about reducing support through medicare and medicaid. He claims there is no where else we could cut the budget. How about the Military? Defunding ICE? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...

This New Moon asks us to release urgency and trust the hidden labor of renewal. What is resting beneath the surface of your life right now? https://bit.ly/4qgb2R4 #Animism #LivingGod #CosmicChrist #Christopagan

New Moon Devotional The deep night is not empty. It is already at work. Prayer, reflection, and practice for the Via Negativa. https://bit.ly/4qgb2R4 #Animism #LivingGod #CosmicChrist #Christopagan

New episode of Creation’s Paths: Animism & the Living God. God is not distant. God is present, active, and relational. Watch or listen here: https://bit.ly/3Yj1Srr #Animism #LivingGod #CosmicChrist #Christopagan

Fear thrives when we forget we are interconnected. Animism is not about worshiping objects, but learning to listen. This week on Creation’s Paths: Animism & the Living God Watch or listen here: https://bit.ly/3Yj1Srr #Animism #LivingGod #CosmicChrist #Christopagan

New episode of Creation’s Paths: Animism & the Living God. God is not distant. God is present, active, and relational. Watch or listen here: https://bit.ly/3Yj1Srr #Animism #LivingGod #CosmicChrist #Christopagan

Empire thrives on original sin. Mary overturns it with one name: I am the Immaculate Conception. Watch here: https://bit.ly/496VqJ5 #advent #Mary #immaculateconception

New episode: What if Mary’s true name reveals our original blessing? The Black Madonna meets the Solstice in a way that reshapes everything we think we know about Advent. Watch here: https://bit.ly/496VqJ5 #advent #Mary #immaculateconception