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Universal Family

A spiritual, religious, and philosophical podcast . . . presenting a philosophy of living in truth, beauty, and goodness . . . centered on the concept that we are all brothers and sisters in the universal family of God.

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Jesus' Scientific Knowledge

Universal Family ·

2025/12/27

Jesus had an excellent, down-to-earth, realistic grasp of facts, including what we today would call scientific knowledge. He was a keen observer--fearless in facing facts, logical in his reasoning, and deeply insightful about causes and effects. Two examples show why we often fail to recognize Jesus' scientific realism. He expressed his insights in ordinary language that everyone could understand. Drawing on chapter 5 in A Taste of Joy and Liberty, the blogpost at UniversalFamily.org introduces us

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02:39

Treasure in your Field

Universal Family ·

2025/11/08

In speaking of the treasure hidden in a field, Jesus referred, I believe, to the kingdom of God within you. This video describes the experience of God's spirit within first by quotes from Jesus' Bible, the Hebrew Scriptures. Next, we go on to the idea that we do well to become friends with this gift of the presence of God. Finally comes the outpouring of a list of many of the blessings that await us from the inner divine source. This brief introduction is developed in the blogpost at

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05:29

A Man with a Funnel in his Head

Universal Family ·

2025/10/21

I used to see my neighbor across the street in a fascinating duet that he and his two-year-old daughter had evolved. He would stand in the middle of the yard, and she would run around and play close to him and sometimes come to him and put up her arms to be picked up. The first story illustrates how we need the faith of a little child to receive the kingdom of God. Then I reflect on the gift of a loving God and the faith—living faith, receptive and active—that that enables us to receive God’s

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04:30

A workshop, a reflection on truth and love, and a...

Universal Family ·

2025/09/10

I tell of working for months on a workshop on loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. I pose the question of how the most central truth of our relationships with God and human kind relate with the greatest commandment (to love). Finally, I make a correction in my new book, A Taste of Joy and Liberty: A Philosopher Encounters the Gospel of Jesusl

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07:53

With all our strength

Universal Family ·

2023/11/03

I've been on a quest to live--and write about--loving God with all my heart, mind, soul, and strength. Yesterday I sent to my editor friend a revised section on strength. She discovered weaknesses in it. It didn't take long for me to realize (this is a pattern) that she had uncovered a fresh, hungry need for my growth. After sleeping on the problem, I woke up with a breakthrough. Of course it takes longer to form the habit and acquire the virtue. But here is an indication of what I've begun to form

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13:27

Faith child

Universal Family ·

2023/10/06

The faith of a little child not only enables us to join the kingdom family of God. It also continues to guide us as we progress. Jesus's teachings and interactions on this theme are each marked by a wonderful simplicity. And these teachings in their variety touch on several concepts that are part of the whole truth of faith.

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09:15

Sean finds God

Universal Family ·

2023/08/11

A 21-year-old computer whiz liked the concept of the wonderfulness within but not the concept of the spirit of God within. He finds God through Edmund Husserl's phenomenological philosophy of religious experience.

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11:30

Falling across the finish line

Universal Family ·

2022/05/27

After acknowledging the failure of an experiment in the last class meeting (falling across the finish line), I summarize a five-week class, "The Journey from Easter to Pentecost." Then I distinguish garden-variety spiritual experience from the taste-and-see variety.

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12:57

The Journey from Easter to Pentecost

Universal Family ·

2022/05/13

In this class, I check people's driver's licence to make sure that everyone is over 75. Jesus called Lazarus to LIFE: "Lazarus, come forth!" He's calling you to share his original message, "[Your name], come forth!"

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07:21

Composting the ugly

Universal Family ·

2022/05/06

Here's a six-step process for cooperating with divine transformation in recycling that which is unbeautiful in us.

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08:37

Happy Mourning!

Universal Family ·

2022/03/25

"Happy mourning" sounds like a paradox. Let's probe: mourning for past, present, future, for self and others, extreme affliction and daily sensitivity and responsiveness to human need.

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11:38

A leader's legacy

Universal Family ·

2022/03/18

Jesus is the model for leaders who make provision for their mission to continue after their death.

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13:48

Militant action, mission of peace

Universal Family ·

2022/03/12

When Jesus entered into Jerusalem for the last time, he both communicated that he was on a mission of peace and was also militant in some of his words and deeds. How is one to make sense of this combination?

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Jesus tried

Universal Family ·

2022/03/05

As a crisis leader, Jesus tried to keep the gospel movement on track, while adding to it the truth of his divine Sonship. What challenges do his efforts place before us today?

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08:28

The great can lay down their lives

Universal Family ·

2022/02/25

In response to a prayer request from a Ukrainian friend, I reflect on Jesus' willingness to lay down his life, his command that his followers be willing to do the same--and how we can ascend to that height. I include a couple of personal stories.

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09:46

Lessons from the Capernaum crisis

Universal Family ·

2022/02/18

After skirmishes with some religious leaders, Jesus pre-empted an attack that was brewing in Capernaum. From the crisis that broke open there come lessons for leaders and team-members today.

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Jesus leads by making the crisis explicit

Universal Family ·

2022/02/11

John 6 tells the pivotal story of how the skirmishes between Jesus and his enemies became a full-blown crisis.

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13:57

Jesus, leader in skirmishes

Universal Family ·

2022/02/04

As the movement that Jesus led became strong, some religious leaders became defensive and hostile. Before their opposition reached the level of a crisis, there were some early skirmishes. Here we look at three of them to observe more of Jesus' qualities as a leader.

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10:45

Jesus, well-balanced leader

Universal Family ·

2022/01/29

Jesus' character was strong, well-balanced, and centered in God. How did this center shape the kind of balance that he developed?

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Jesus, well-balanced leader

Universal Family ·

2022/01/28

Jesus' balance was not simply touching important bases and none to excess. His balance established spiritual priorities by being centered in God, while he gave proper recognition to lesser values on material and cultural levels.

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