I stood before my home office bookshelves and stretched, volumes of thought gazing back at me. The morning began with a short but intense swim at the recreation complex, then a hot shower to soothe the muscles. I dressed and made my way into the off...

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There are BFFs, and then there are BFFs. While driving to work one day this week, I reflected on how I’ve noticed that I am “in my element” more with certain people than others. Some folks just seem to elicit more of my humor. I find myself more cre...

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At last, a writer has helped me clarify what it means to be a political and religious moderate—as well as why “moderate” isn’t quite as accurate a term as “integral,” and why liberals and conservatives are both wrong and yet both correct in certain w...

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Writing in his classic work Toward a Psychology of Being, the late Abraham Maslow cautioned that the person who ascends to the “self-actualization” rung of the “hierarchy of needs” must be aware of a certain paradox that entails both pleasure and pai...

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It’s easy to make an idol out of one’s own theology, model or theory. The truly humble thinker is able to offer his or best ideas while still declaring (in a very Socrates-esque manner), “This is likely not the final answer, and someone else’s ideas ...

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Some great work has been done across the decades on stages of “moral development,” demonstrating the areas where people can become "stuck" and never reach the full maturity or consciousness that enables them to function in a healthy manner or tap int...

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