Spiritual Onion

Subversive Spirituality takes a look at how capitalism and its cronies capture and consume everything, including subversive spiritual ideas, counter-cultural movements, psychotherapy and, dare I say, YOU.

This episode explores books, music, the loss of community, the re-imagining of vocation, and a visit by Obadiah the crusty, smelly shepherd.

Hear an in-depth and honest analysis of how the culture is self-destructing as the False, the Bad, and the Ugly replace the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. The podcast concludes with a look at how we can all take a small step in the right direction. Let people of good will join together!

Shame Kills the Soul, Part 2 examines the connection between shame and envy—the connection between shame and bullying—the Church's complicity in shaming—​its failure to follow Jesus' teaching on non-judgment—and the power of acceptance.​

No other feeling does as much damage to our unique personality as does shame. Our second stage of development as toddlers offers us the challenge of Autonomy versus Shame and its kissing cousin Self-Doubt. Autonomy allows us to be self-motivating—to freely explore ourselves and the world around us. Controlled by others, Shame and Self-Doubt kill the soul and keep us confined with

WHEN YOU WERE BORN, WHO WAS THERE TO MEET YOU? We're looking at three initial building blocks for life, beginning with Trust versus Mistrust. Let Spiritual Onion aid you in reflecting on your beginnings in the world. Experience is key to shaping our ability to trust and our access to health mistrust. And, when it comes to trust and mistrust of God, we reflect on the difference betw

In this third podcast in our series, we ask: Do we always have to forgive? How did Jesus view wealth (and those TV evangelists)? What did Jesus really have to say about family (and "family values")? How about the challenge to love our enemies (How's that working in America right now!).

In this second installment, we touch on church history; examine Jesus' teaching on non-judgment and the psychological phenomenon of projection; his conversation about pearls and pigs (sounds like a Prince song); and what Jesus did not say!

In this first session, we find out what was Jesus' favorite name for himself. Why did he say that the whores were going into the Kingdom of Heaven before the most religious leaders of the day? Why did the mistranslation of the word for "Repent" negatively impacted Jesus' primary message? All this and a helpful guide to approaching the Scriptures.

A Compassionate View Narcissism, Part Three: A Troubling Future. We continue our look at the characteristics of the narcissist. What is the connection between narcissistic injury and anxiety, depression, and addictive processes? How did traditional Christian values mitigate narcissism? How does contemporary Christianity feed into our narcissism? Plus, two intuitions to ponder!