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 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...
by Rick Baldwin | Jan 19, 2022 | Deeper Explorations
The story of Adam and Eve in Genesis tells us that the woman saw the fruit of the tree as good to eat, pleasing to the eye, and capable of making one wise. She ate it and shared it with her husband. Almost immediately, something changed. They became aware of their...
by Rick Baldwin | Sep 26, 2020 | Deeper Explorations
We usually experience life as a series of choices. This or that.Yes or no.Stay or go. From early on, we’re taught that we are decision-makers, constantly selecting from a menu of possible futures. It feels obvious. After all, we decide what to eat, where to live, who...
