The Dalai Lama is coming to Louisville this Sunday.

I was thinking the other day, "It's about time. After all, I visited his part of the world for the first time when I was but 14."

It's true. It was the first of many trips around the world that I...

To those who know me, it is no surprise that I was born with a WHY chromosome.

Because I was so fortunate as to travel the world during my teen years -- those highly impressionable years -- I've seen things, heard things, experienced things...

"America Sucks!"

Those were the words written on the subway wall.

Disappointment. Frustration. Fearfulness. Sums up the "state of affairs" in America, uh?

I have traveled all over this world for more than 40 years. There was a time when, after an extended visit...

Now, for those of you who regularly read and follow my posts, you know I am no longer "religious" in the conventional sense. I do however believe there is a secret meaning to the Easter story that is equally unconventional but may indeed be...

The television series, "The Bible," by Easter Sunday 2013 is expected to have been seen by more than 100 million viewers. In the final episode, Jesus falls to the ground under the weight of the cross. He looks up at Mary, his mother, and says, "With God, all...

I was raised a Southern Baptist. I'm still Baptist today, but I'm also Roman Catholic, as well as a member of the Unity Church. There are likely other traditions I will join over time because, for all their problems, each has been birthed out of a context of great need....

That's Shakespeare.

Sigmund Freud wrote of "Civilization and Its Discontents."

I could write about people and their malcontents. I'd start with my own.

But they're everywhere, are they not?

My wife and I shared a Valentine's dinner at the English Grill in the historic...

It is time.

No, it is past time.

Christians must stop saying the following things.

1. The Bible is the inerrant, infallible Word of God.

It isn't inerrant and not likely even in the "original manuscripts." But then, I cannot say that with absolute certainty, anymore than anyone else can...

Here's a little different approach to Valentine's Day. This one for me.

I am a follower of Jesus. Admittedly, not a great one but perhaps a little better than a few years ago.

I did not so much choose Christianity as this religion chose...

When Jesus said, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself," I must say that, through most of my life, I've heard much about the former -- you should love others; not much, however, about the latter -- you should love yourself.

To love yourself.

Just saying the words sounds a...

I was reading recently of the bravery of the Irish Catholic priest, Fr. Tony Flannery, who, at 66, is being threatened by the Vatican.

No! I thought. The Vatican never threatens anyone!

LOL!

The history of Christianity, and not just in Catholicism but in all Christian denominations, is...

Adam and Eve. There has only ever been Adam and Eve.

That's it.

It is still so today.

Oh, I know. There are those who think the creation story in Genesis is a scientific account of the first pair in creation. Admittedly, I, too,...

The stress and strain of constantly being connected can sometimes take your life -- and your well-being -- off course. GPS For The Soul can help you find your way back to balance.

What's going on, Steve?

Have you ever noticed that your Facebook "Status" page is always asking you this question, "What's happening?" Or, "What's going on...?"

Here's what's happening: CHANGE! Little changes. Big changes. Minor ones. Major ones. This will be a year of change...

"I am here!" "I see you!" As Mark Nepo says, at the close of his wonderful "Book of Awakening," these two statements may be the most important things we could ever repeat to ourselves and to each other throughout the New Year.

If you make resolutions, make this one: "Daily,...

I love the story Nepo shares about the troubled man who visits a sage seeking advice. Confused and suffering, the sage looked deeply into his soul and then said, "You may have either a map or a boat. Which shall I give you?"

Looking...

You, Mr. Huckabee, I think you owe an apology!

What you said in an interview with Cavuto on FOX News is highly offensive:

Cavuto asked: "How could God let this happen?"

To begin with, Mr. Cavuto, on one hand, is asking the wrong question. It is not God...

ABC News recently reported that there are more gun stores than grocery stores in America.

I've been thinking about this.

Beyond the desire to be happy, beyond the looming financial crisis, beyond the threat of the fiscal cliff, beyond the conversations around...

You cannot imagine -- or, maybe you can -- how many religious people, mostly religious leaders, say to me, "I agree with much of what you say... much of what you write... and, even much of what you believe, but do you know what would happen to me if I...

Jesus said, "And when you pray ... go into your closet and there pray to your Father in secret" (Matthew 5).

To a literalist of scripture, you would have to designate an actual closet in your home in order to satisfy a literal reading...