Archaeological and literary evidence shows that our concept of and relation to god or the gods has changed over the past six thousand years, this being the titular "great shift" of James Kugel's The Great Shift: Encountering God in Biblical Times. After study of this excellent book, I could not help but ask some questions. Has God…
The Hunt for Happiness: Conversations on truth uses my life, fictive stories, and characters to focus on why we make it so hard to help and love one another. That struggle, focused on controlling rules and behaviors, is the major theme throughout the book. The ultimate goal is to live in world similar to the Kingdom of…
My wife Kathy has been watching some shows about a certain religious movement from the 19th century, one that is sometimes seen as a cult and that prompted a discussion that readers may find interesting, hence this post. I've grouped Magic, Restorationism, and Gnosticism together because, at their core, these three practices attempt to reclaim…
Religion, Temptation, and Evil. Just the title is disconcerting! My forthcoming book, The Hunt for Happiness, provides fictional characters to give context for the battles that we all face in deciding what is “good” and what is “bad”. My conclusions include a strong notion that our ever expanding set of rules, laws, taboos, words…
Steve Hunts for Wisdom 