Larry Jordan, author of The Way

Larry Jordan

Larry Jordan spent 25 years in investment banking, assisting companies, governments, and non-profit agencies in issuing over $10 billion of municipal bonds for capital projects and cash flows.

In 2011, he quit his job and sold his house to spend his life in service. He drove veterans to the VA clinic, prepared 1,000 tax returns for low-income families, taught school in Africa, and volunteered for the American Red Cross.

Over the last 20 years, he traveled around the world, read over 1,000 books about spirituality, and had some powerful experiences in several spiritual traditions, including baking in a sweat lodge, chanting to Shiva, meditating in a zendo, and whirling with the dervishes.

His first book, The Way: Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World was a Silver winner in the 2024 Nautilus Book Awards.

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The Way: Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World

The Way integrates religion and science and reconciles Eastern and Western worldviews, agreeing with the mystics and the scientists that everyone is related, and everything is connected.

The Way: Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World

Aug 06, 2022 by Larry Jordan

I just completed a 50,000-word manuscript called "The Way: Meaningful Spirituality for a Modern World."

What If Project podcast

Mar 31, 2025 by Larry Jordan

I appeared on the What If Project podcast with my friend, Glenn Siepert. Glenn really liked "The Way" and totally understood its point. We had an interesting conversation about holding beliefs loosely.

Wisdom from Two Traditions: Should We Speak Up or Shut Up?

Mar 27, 2025 by Larry Jordan

We should think before we speak. We can take our beliefs too seriously. And we can take them too personally, too. Differences of opinion are NOT always attacks on our characters.

What I Learned by Preparing 1,000 Tax Returns

Mar 21, 2025 by Larry Jordan

In The Way, I describe my experience preparing federal income tax returns for low- and moderate-income families. Since 2012, I prepared over 1,000 tax returns.

Should We Abolish the IRS?

Mar 13, 2025 by Larry Jordan

Tax Day is coming, and there has been a lot of talk about abolishing the IRS. Should we really fire the people who collect the money?