This world can feel like a dangerous place—not just because of those who do evil, but because of the rest of us who see it and do nothing. In this episode, we cut through the noise and get to the heart of what it truly means to live a life that matters.

I’m here to talk about The Way of Love, and I believe it demands three things from us: Kindness, Action, and Change. It’s not a soft or passive idea. It’s a courageous path that requires us to listen when we want to fight, to move when we want to stay comfortable, and to transform ourselves before we try to change the world.

We’ll explore why lovers—not just theologians—know the most about God, and how practicing simple, daily kindness can disarm conflict and build something beautiful. I’ll share why saying “I love you” is a sacred contract, and why the biggest mistake we make is thinking we still have time to start.

If you’re tired of the bait-and-switch and hungry for a faith that is alive, active, and authentically kind, this conversation is for you. Let’s get up and do something beautiful in this weary world.

In this episode, I’d like to share something I believe is essential for our time: the evolution of love. Love isn’t static—when it stands still, it stops being love at all. Just as humanity has grown in strength, understanding, technology, and faith, so too must our grasp of love deepen, widen, and mature.

I’ll reflect on how our understanding of God, Scripture, and human relationships has gently unfolded over the centuries, and why clinging to a rigid, paper-thin version of faith can trap us in fear, violence, and division. Even the Bible reveals this beautiful movement—from bloodshed toward transformation, from swords toward plowshares. That evolution doesn’t happen by chance; it happens as we grow.

Drawing from my own marriage, from history, Scripture, and mystics like Teilhard de Chardin, I invite you to imagine what it could mean to truly harness the energies of love—to let love grow up, demand less, listen more, and refuse to “bait and switch.” This isn’t about leaving faith behind, but about growing up within it. Love that evolves becomes credible, powerful, and truly world-changing.

Consider this episode an invitation to breathe deeply, lay down the sword, and grow into a love that is patient, nonviolent, free from condemnation, and fully alive. Our future depends on it.

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Now, go do something beautiful today—because heaven knows, “ugly” has had enough airtime.

In this episode, I’m stripping away the "bait and switch" of lesser values to focus on the highest magnetism in human existence: The Sacred Word of Love.

Inspired by the spiritual jazz of John Coltrane’s legendary album, I explore why we must stop treating the word "love" as a glib, throwaway cliché. I share a moving observation of a family interaction that reminded me how easily we "miniaturize" this mountain-range power into a casual "Love ya" while walking away. We dive deep into the importance of being present, the creative "nuclear power" that holds our universe together, and the courage it takes to look someone in the eye and speak those three most holy, magical words.

Join me as we recite the 2026 Love’s Creed—a resolution to stay locked into everything that is love and remain unavailable for anything less. It’s time to stop living at "zero" and start living on the plus side of life.

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Go out and do something beautiful today—because ugly is getting done to death.

"Love is the only answer, but medieval talk about love does nothing."

I’ve been sitting with those words from the mystic Thomas Merton, and they’ve hit me right where I live. If you’ve been with me for the last seven years, you know my creed: I am alive to love, and I believe all lesser values devolve easily into "BS"—that bait-and-switch that keeps us from the reality of how we are meant to live.

As we approach the final days of 2025, I’m feeling a fire in my heart to raise an alarm. The ancient, dusty discussions of love just don’t cut it anymore for the "wild and wooly" world we’re living in. Life is a beast; it shoves us around, and if we don't have a practical, radical reality of love to lean on, we get reckless.

We are closing out the year in the spirit of Advent—celebrating the silence. I want to help you build your own "fortress of solitude" where you can be hit by the radiant supremacy of God’s love, far away from the noise of the world.

Let's stop the ancient talk and start the new walk. Let’s rise and shine and go do something beautiful.

Advent invites us to celebrate the multiple paths of how Love is defined by this greatest of all stories in Christmas. “For God so loved the world…that He gives us His Son.” SO LOVED that He gave.

SO LOVED that the virgin Mary was visited by the angel of the Lord to announce that she had been chosen. SO LOVED that shepherds keeping watch over their flocks at night were serenaded by a choir of angels singing, “Good news, of great joy, which shall be to all people.” SO LOVED that the Magi/Kings of the east were drawn by a Star hovering over Bethlehem and the newborn King. SO LOVED that we have been given the greatest story ever told!

In this episode, I distinguish between the Advent season (the coming of Christ, His first coming) and the Christmas season, urging you to embrace the original revelation of Christ. I share reflections on the radical inclusivity of God's love, extending to "all people" from a humble peasant girl like Mary to the working-class shepherds and the mystical Magi (Wise Men). I also explore the power of the Lord's Prayer and the personal challenge of Love's Creed: “I am unavailable for anything less than love.”

I conclude with a call to end the "Christmas Wars" by leading with love and deference, choosing to say "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas" based on a spirit of inclusion and kindness.

The power of love veritably floods the airwaves of our churches, radio, TV, and social media. The power of Love is shining in brilliant colors throughout our neighborhoods. The power of Love is delightfully celebrated in children’s Christmas programs in our schools and churches.

Let's do something beautiful this season. Ugly is getting done to death. Let's rise to the shining of love.

For six years now, this show has been a labor of love for me, a discussion of the pinnacle of life: Love, and love alone. It is the credible, supreme value for my entire religion.

Today, I’m diving deep into my topic: the transcendent supremacy of love. I'm convinced love is this power, this supreme, nuclear force that stands above all others. It’s what launches lives, families, and churches. Even if I deeply disagree with someone or find their behavior repugnant, I refuse to act in any way other than love. It is the ground of all existence—God is love, and love is God, and that's why everything was created!

Love is a force of nature, an unchanging founding principle. Just like gravity holds you down, or the sun's light travels across space, love is simply there. I don't have to decide if it will or won't be; I just have to decide whether I will join this existential reality.

I liken us to the Wright brothers and sisters of love. We're still launching our little paper airplanes into this incredible aerodynamic wonder. But just like they harnessed the laws of nature to fly, we are called to cooperate with the force of love, to throw our sail up to catch the wind. Love requires our participation. It takes intention, authenticity, and a purpose-filled mind to fully step into this supreme power.

In this tumultuous, fear-filled culture, let us be people who stretch our wings out into the laws of love’s aerodynamic beauty, flying above the hate and the vitriol. The laws of love are in existence, just waiting for our discovery. Let’s be present, be kind, and love more, love now.

Go into the world today and do something beautiful. May everyone we meet encounter love, and know that they’ve been breathing rare air when they’re around us.

In this episode, I am asking you two fundamental questions: Who do you love? And what do you love? Believe it or not, there is a lot more there than meets the eye. I invite you to sit down and actually make a list. Whether it is your spouse, your friends, your "fur baby" like my dog Dixie, playing a guitar, or even just a solid nap, identifying these loves establishes your priorities. I explore the principle that love will find a way to return to you because what you plant, you will reap. Karma can be your best pal if you plant love, so you must ensure you are giving at the level you hope to receive.

I also challenge you to normalize the power of saying "I love you" with full intention and attention. It is easy to get into the habit of just rapid-firing it out, but I am asking you to go deeper. Love is the food we are emotionally starved for, and saying it authentically breaks us free from the prisons of fear. Even if it feels awkward, let your presence light new light in the hearts of others. We don't change the world by standing on a big stage; we change the world simply by changing the moment we are in. Ugly is getting done to death, and it is time for the people of love to do something beautiful. Rise and shine with me—love more, love now.

I'm here to tell you, love is a far more sustaining human practice when it's taken into a practical work of our life. It's the heavy lifting of life the mountain climb, the marathon, because if we don't succeed at the project of love, far too many other things just don't matter.

Listen in as I give you these 10 practical practices, including: Being a hospitable person, welcoming to all; Listening beyond the ordinary; Creating an advice-free zone; Making room for an unpopular response, because labeling is lazy; Listening with silence; Knowing how to suspend judgment; Learning to turn to wonder when stuff gets tight; and Recognizing that all voices have value.

Join me in this great adventure. Let's go out there and do something beautiful every day, every blessed day, because ugly is getting done to death. It's time for the people of beauty and love to insert that beauty and love into every moment of every day.