Larry Jordan

Readers teach me a lot about the challenges of religious deconstruction. Religious deconstruction involves reexamining beliefs and practices.

Spiritual inquiry requires open-heartedness and open-mindedness. Many seekers appreciate appreciate different interpretations and tolerate varying worldviews. Nobody knows the answers to the big questions.

Cities change. Churches change. How will we accommodate change, while retaining what is worthy in our cultures and traditions?

Do we actually know Ultimate Reality or do we we only know ABOUT it? A mystical experience can cause many people to live their lives differently.

Should we be concerned that society is becoming more secular? Give me lovers, rather than believers, any day.

Every year, we “unplug” for a month in the spring and a month in the fall. Our unplugged life is more essential, joyful, meaningful, and natural.

The Way, common to many religions, is a way of life, grounded in the Golden Rule, not a way of belief.

I appeared on The Dismantling Doctrine podcast with Clint Heacock. 

Some people want churches to focus on values, not just beliefs.

I appeared on The Spiritual Brewpub podcast with Michael Camp.

Our spiritual practice should focus on our interrelatedness.

I appeared on the I'm Awake! Now What? podcast with Krista Xiomara.

Do we consider the other side of the story? Sometimes, we feel pretty strongly about our political and religious beliefs if we do not consider the legitimacy of other beliefs.

“Don’t believe everything you think.” Do we have good reasons for our beliefs? Sometimes, people make pretty strong statements without having objective evidence or subjective experience.

Everyone has beliefs, and beliefs are not inherently good or bad, in and of themselves. Beliefs can be problematic when we confuse our beliefs with facts or when we impose our beliefs on others.

In The Way, I suggest that we should hold our political and religious beliefs more loosely. 

I appeared on the Liminal Living podcast with Tom Rundel, a contemplative pastor and podcaster.

Recall that there are 45,000 Christian denominations, who almost never agree. Imagine that all 2.4 billion Christians agree that we should follow Jesus. What does it mean to follow Jesus?

Ramana Maharshi, a Hindu mystic, had the following exchange with a student:  “Q: How are we to treat others?  A: There are no others.”