by Rick Baldwin | Feb 10, 2022 | Deeper Explorations
For a long time, I talked about my spiritual life as a journey. I could describe where I started, what I believed then, and how different things looked later on. In many ways, that language made sense. It gave shape to the changes I was noticing. Still, the more I sit...
by Rick Baldwin | Feb 7, 2022 | Practical Spirituality
You might notice how quickly opinions appear. You’re scrolling, listening, or half-paying attention to a conversation, and suddenly there it is. I agree, I don’t, that’s ridiculous, that’s obvious. The mind doesn’t hesitate. It responds almost automatically, as if...
by Rick Baldwin | Feb 6, 2022 | Deeper Explorations
To be worthy of the name “god,” a being would need to live by its own moral principles more faithfully than its followers do. A deity that operates by a “do as I say, not as I do” standard is not divine. It is manipulative, and unworthy of devotion. If a god instructs...
