Stuart Evans

Catherine Keller might be the bridge between Whitehead’s thought and those forms of radical theology. She develops a kind of theopoetic approach, evoking an aesthetic response to the mystery of existence and shifting our relationship to talk about God away from certainties and proofs. Theology becomes more akin to painting than science. One of the... See more

addressing the behavior first or only addressing the behavior is a band-aid solution, whether it’s done through punishment or appeasement. It may stop the behavior in the moment, but it never gets to the root of the issue.

For me, the ultimate aim of self-improvement is to be able to direct as much energy as we can outwards – to other people and worthy projects.

If you’re having trouble with stress, maybe stop running through a checklist of stress-reduction strategies, and instead get obsessed with eating micronutrient-rich foods for awhile. Or learn the names and appearances of local flora.

A culture that defines itself on striving its way to the future has been forced into the timeless underworld; a place full of ghosts and voyagers, infinite possibility and potent danger. This pandemic has not called us into a heroic adventure, but forced us to descend into silence and darkness and humility.

The metatribe is neither nihilist nor locked onto an ethical system. It has political opinions without being left, right, or center. These opinions are provisional, nondogmatic, but strongly investigated, so metatribers often appear to be "heterodox" or "Chad centrist"