by Tom King | Aug 19, 2025 | Integral Insights
I have been struggling to find words to express the dark thoughts and feelings many of us who are Christians are confronting these days. A recent article in the Sunday edition of The Minnesota Star Tribune about Vance Boelter and his religious beliefs and...
by Tom King | Jul 4, 2025 | Integral Insights, Wholehearted Faith
Sometimes the reality of extreme, shame-based religious and political views hit very close to home as we have seen recently in the tragic assassinations of Melissa Hortman, Speaker Emerita of the Minnesota House of Representatives and her husband Mark, and attempted...
by Tom King | Jun 18, 2025 | Integral Insights, Wholehearted Faith
We are imperfect people living in imperfect times. This has always been true, but we have challenges today that are different than those faced in times past. Our world is on fire, literally and figuratively, and it is easy to withdraw, to blame one...
by Tom King | May 19, 2025 | Integral Insights
I recently finished reading a fascinating book, When Shadow Meets the Bodhisattva: The Challenging Transformation of a Modern Guru, by Andrew Cohen. Andrew was a well-known spiritual leader and self-described guru in the Buddhist tradition who died earlier this...
by Tom King | Apr 21, 2025 | Integral Insights
The Easter season reminds us of the core message of hope for Christians around the world, the belief in and experience of love’s victory over evil and life over death. We take comfort in the hope of our own salvation; however we may define it. Another...