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On Wholeness and Being

I felt like a journal that had been torn into a thousand pieces and thrown into the wind. This sentence from my memoir A Renaissance…

Ten Things That Rocked My World in 2016

1. Fagor Premium Electric Pressure and Rice Cooker—Cooks risotto in 6 minutes, baby back ribs in 35 minutes, black bean soup in 45 minutes, and pho…

Upon Further Consideration

My life as you and I have known it is over. My endless restlessness and questioning, my empathy and sensuality, my liberal and anarchic tendencies;…

Ten Slippery Words That Have Defined My Life, My Goals, and My Demons

In life, I have constantly found myself thinking: “We are using the same words, but do we mean the same thing?” In the field of…

What exactly is Kalien Retreat?

Days of rest and relaxation are the norm at Kalien Retreat. The 55 verdant acres of forested Appalachian Mountain foothills have been set aside for…

My Goodbye Letter — Randy Elrod

goodbye I’ve decided to say goodbye. For real. To my 51,545 followers on social networks. To put that number in perspective, it is roughly equivalent…

No Dead Space Allowed

As a young impressionable worship pastor, one of the first hard lessons I learned from my Pastor was to “fill in the dead spaces”. For…

Why Kalien? Why Now?

As I struggle mightily with the two—what seems to be—inevitable presidential candidates for the upcoming election for President of the United States, I feel a…

True Love is Rare, True Friendship is Rarer. Three Essential Qualities of A Priceless Friend.

One of the great revelations of my life is coming to full consciousness (to wholeness) by facing my contradictions, making friends with my mistakes and…