Soul, Spirituality & Psychology
Soul is the most common translation of the Hebrew word nephesh and the Greek word psyche. The biblical meanings of these concepts are...
Christian Meditation
In its broadest terms, we can think of Christian meditation as a way of calming our minds and hearts to offer the least resistance to the...
Healing Spiritual Abuse & Church Hurt
Since my first article on spiritual abuse, I have been surprised and saddened by just how many people have contacted me who have...
Working with our Shadow
In my earlier article on The Spiritual Life and our Shadow, I describe the Jungian under-standing of how we learn, from early childhood,...
Spirituality & Religion
In today's Western world, there can be a marked separation between spirituality and religion. Public opinion now privileges...
Inner & Outer Journeying
In my earlier post on Spiritual Landscapes I describe the contemplative places where our inner and outer spiritual journeying can come...
Psychological Ways We Can Undermine Our Spiritual Transformation
In my earlier article on Struggling with Prayer: A Psychological Perspective, I looked at ways we can unconsciously resist the change...
Praying with the Labyrinth
A labyrinth is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but...
Cultivating Compassion Meditation
As explored in my earlier article, Cultivating Compassion is seen as embodying a divine quality that brings us closer to our true selves...
Cultivating Compassion
Most spiritual paths teach that we come close to God when we 'walk in God's ways' - that is when we embody the divine quality of...