Is COVID-19 a Collective Rite of Passage?
Humanity is currently living through a liminal period. Will we emerge as adults or fail in our transition?
The Story of Job: A Gaian Update
Is there wisdom that could be gleaned from a new ecocentric version of The Book of Job?
It Could Be Worse: Lessons from Transatlantic Voyages and Medieval Quarantines
Social distancing is frustrating. But with a bit of perspective, I hope we can agree it’s not all that bad.
Reciting the Earth Pledge—on Earth Day and Every School Day
What if children started their school day with a pledge of allegiance to the Earth?
Hell is a Time Not a Place
Lessons from Lazarus on communicating about hell—and the looming climate crisis.
We’re All Gonna Die!
A new study suggests scientists greatly underestimated CO2’s contribution to climate change. But that doesn’t mean we should freak out.
Gaia is not Omniscient, Omnipotent, nor Omnibenevolent
Unlike the western concept of God, Gaia is not all-knowing, all-powerful, or all good. Instead Gaia is limited in power, in sentience, and is abenevolent. In other words, unlike God, Gaia is vulnerable. And we are in direct relationship with Her. How does that shape this philosophy? And our understanding of suffering?
Unceded Territories and Untreated Wounds
What if we started every public gathering with this simple mantra? “Before we begin, let us acknowledge that we are on the infected, lesioned, and festering skin of Gaia.”
The Wrath of Gaia
How does Gaia’s Wrath compare to God’s? Less predictable? More knowable? And how shall we respond?
Waves, Waterfalls and Our Eventual Return to Gaia
Death is our inevitable return to Gaia. And as it is inevitable it should not be feared. Rather our focus should be on how we live our lives.
The Lost Son Returns Home
After years of partying, a prodigal son returns home. What does he find?
Is Gaia Really a Living Being? (Pascal’s Wager, Updated)
Is Gaia a living being? And is the wager of answering wrongly worth it?