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Honored that @churchanew shared my latest piece wrestling with the hardest question I've been asking myself: What comes after we're inspired? Bishop Hirschfeld is telling clergy to get their affairs in order. Buddhist monks are walking barefoot to D
Real spirituality shows up when things get hard. If your teachers only talk about inner peace when the world is on fire, pay attention to what they're actually teaching you."
I just wrote something I'm not sure I should have published. I admitted I'm too scared to call my own mother about what's happening right now. That we're seeing two completely different versions of reality. That I don't know how to bridge that gap.
@pewresearch just debunked claims of a religious revival among young adults in the UK (good methodology won the day 👏), but I think even their rigorous data on American young adults is missing something important. They found each generation has rem