https://mikemorrell.org Opti-mystic meditations on Spirit, Culture, & Permaculture Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:23:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 28121023 https://mikemorrell.org/2026/02/the-god-who-never-turns-away-bradley-jersak-on-love-wrath-and-the-gospel-in-chairs/ https://mikemorrell.org/2026/02/the-god-who-never-turns-away-bradley-jersak-on-love-wrath-and-the-gospel-in-chairs/#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:51:02 +0000 https://mikemorrell.org/?p=140660

Welcome back to The Evolutionary Revolutionary: Opti-Mystic Ways That Work—a space where mystics and misfits play in the fields of inner exploration and empowered action. Today I’m sitting down with […]]]> https://mikemorrell.org/2026/02/the-god-who-never-turns-away-bradley-jersak-on-love-wrath-and-the-gospel-in-chairs/feed/ 0 140660 https://mikemorrell.org/2026/02/the-fire-i-need-conscious-labor-and-intentional-suffering/ https://mikemorrell.org/2026/02/the-fire-i-need-conscious-labor-and-intentional-suffering/#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:58:24 +0000 https://mikemorrell.org/?p=140656

I’ve been thinking about the difference between effort that changes me and effort that merely exhausts me. Most days I work very hard. I respond to emails, meet deadlines, push […]]]> https://mikemorrell.org/2026/02/the-fire-i-need-conscious-labor-and-intentional-suffering/feed/ 0 140656 https://mikemorrell.org/2026/02/rethinking-god-with-tacos/ https://mikemorrell.org/2026/02/rethinking-god-with-tacos/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:58:03 +0000 https://mikemorrell.org/?p=140649

I recently had the joy of sitting down with my old friend Jason Clark on his podcast, Rethinking God with Tacos. It was a conversation that felt like coming home…to […]]]> https://mikemorrell.org/2026/02/rethinking-god-with-tacos/feed/ 0 140649 https://mikemorrell.org/2026/01/the-art-of-not-disappearing-a-fourth-way-teaching-on-identification/ https://mikemorrell.org/2026/01/the-art-of-not-disappearing-a-fourth-way-teaching-on-identification/#respond Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:55:25 +0000 https://mikemorrell.org/?p=140631

It happened again. Another national tragedy involving that lethal alchemy of violence and trampling our rights. Just as terrible is the after-affect: so many people (but how many of them […]]]> https://mikemorrell.org/2026/01/the-art-of-not-disappearing-a-fourth-way-teaching-on-identification/feed/ 0 140631 https://mikemorrell.org/2026/01/feast-of-the-epiphany-what-gifts-will-you-receive/ https://mikemorrell.org/2026/01/feast-of-the-epiphany-what-gifts-will-you-receive/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2026 05:34:50 +0000 https://mikemorrell.org/?p=140609

Can you feel it? Today is a day of contrasts in our sacred and secular memory: a dance between kairos and chronos, revealing the meal in our midst. On the […]]]> https://mikemorrell.org/2026/01/feast-of-the-epiphany-what-gifts-will-you-receive/feed/ 2 140609 https://mikemorrell.org/2025/12/becoming-good-ancestors-daniel-foor-on-healing-lineage-and-the-work-of-repair/ https://mikemorrell.org/2025/12/becoming-good-ancestors-daniel-foor-on-healing-lineage-and-the-work-of-repair/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:11:25 +0000 https://mikemorrell.org/?p=140589

Welcome to The Evolutionary Revolutionary: Opti-Mystic Ways That Work—my re-christened podcast where ancient wisdom meets radical action and contemplative practice dances with community transformation. I’m Michael Morrell, and today I’m […]]]> https://mikemorrell.org/2025/12/becoming-good-ancestors-daniel-foor-on-healing-lineage-and-the-work-of-repair/feed/ 1 140589 https://mikemorrell.org/2025/12/are-we-the-miracle-were-waiting-for-a-christmas-uprising/ https://mikemorrell.org/2025/12/are-we-the-miracle-were-waiting-for-a-christmas-uprising/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2025 07:02:09 +0000 https://mikemorrell.org/?p=140562

Where have you heard this story? In the occupied territories, tens of thousands lie dead. Infants freeze as their parents are forced to flee their homelands. A decree has stripped […]]]> https://mikemorrell.org/2025/12/are-we-the-miracle-were-waiting-for-a-christmas-uprising/feed/ 3 140562 https://mikemorrell.org/2025/11/deconstructing-without-destroying-a-pastors-journey-keith-long/ https://mikemorrell.org/2025/11/deconstructing-without-destroying-a-pastors-journey-keith-long/#respond Thu, 27 Nov 2025 04:29:32 +0000 https://mikemorrell.org/?p=140554

I haven’t left because I still feel like there’s a way to wrestle with it that isn’t just dogmatic… Radical grace, being inclusive, taking risks, speaking truth to oppression—these are […]]]> https://mikemorrell.org/2025/11/deconstructing-without-destroying-a-pastors-journey-keith-long/feed/ 0 140554 https://mikemorrell.org/2025/11/it-happened-in-hell-glenn-earls/ https://mikemorrell.org/2025/11/it-happened-in-hell-glenn-earls/#respond Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:00:56 +0000 https://mikemorrell.org/?p=140546

The following is an excerpt from It Happened in Hell by Glenn Earls. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. The […]]]> https://mikemorrell.org/2025/11/it-happened-in-hell-glenn-earls/feed/ 0 140546 https://mikemorrell.org/2025/11/the-sutra-on-the-mount-toto-tay/ https://mikemorrell.org/2025/11/the-sutra-on-the-mount-toto-tay/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:00:01 +0000 https://mikemorrell.org/?p=140538

The following is an excerpt from The Sutra on the Mount by Toto Tay. It’s a featured Speakeasy selection, and there are still limited review copies available for qualified reviewers. […]]]> https://mikemorrell.org/2025/11/the-sutra-on-the-mount-toto-tay/feed/ 0 140538