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Facing Up: Life Beyond Belief
A place for people who have lost their way to wrestle with the dark night and find life beyond belief.
Episodes
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefThe Practice
How to make the three movements a way of life, not just a theory.To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefAcceptance, Play, Kindness
Today I bring it back to earth and discuss living your life story in a new way: Adventure, Play, and Kindness.To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefMeaningful, Authentic Living, Part 2
How do you find meaningful, authentic existence? This is the big picture looked at in a different way: as a journey.I'm doing this one in front of a…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefMeaningful, Authentic Living, Part 1
What is Facing Up? Today, I zoom out and show you the big picture and explain why it matters.It is especially useful to see the video of this episode since I…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefIsland of Pure Being
The goal today is to face each Specters and say “Yes,” to choose life. I hope you will come to the end of this episode saying, “Yes in the face of Ignarus! Yes…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefThe Devil's Playground
The Devil’s Playground is where we go to hide from the Specters. It is not a wellness retreat. The rides leave you sick and disoriented. Today, I will describe…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefThe Three Specters
When my story shattered, the first thing I felt was the three Specters. It was as real as if six malevolent eyes were glowing at me in the darkness. I hated…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefStory Island
Just as you were evicted from the safety and comfort of your mother’s womb, so your expanded consciousness forces an eviction from the Island of Pure Desire…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefIsland of Desire
It all began with a swimming contest. 300,000,000 of you were released at once. It was a no-holds-barred race to see who could reach the egg first. You won.To…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefPerceptualism
In this chapter I will show an alternative to belief that I call Perceptualism. Perceptualism is how I escaped the chains of dogma and found life beyond…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefLife Beyond Belief: Introduction
This is about the life that appears at the end of faith—the life beyond belief. I write with sincere desire for you to discover this life.To find out more…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefNear Death Experience
The day I nearly drowned as a kid. Thoughts on death and life and the courage to keep going.This one has some pretty cool pictures if you'd like to watch. To…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefMy Bad Breakup with the Bible
The Bible was the most important thing in my life. Now I hardly ever think of it. Here's what happened.You can watch this as a video at facingup.clubTo find…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefFacing UP to the Chaos
In this episode, I point to the breakdown of our national story as the root of the present chaos. We are experiencing a global dark night of the soul. Facing…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefWalk by Sight, Not by Faith
How we can--and must--find life beyond belief.See the video with illustrations at https://facingup.club/walk-by-sight-not-by-faith/ To find out more about the…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefThe Three Movements
A way to live without faith.To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefFacing Up
How I face today.To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.
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Facing Up: The Story of My Fall (Full Story)
Why I became a preacher. Why I got out. What happened next.This is a compilation of the whole book for those with the stomach to take it all in one dose. To…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefPerceptual Map
Here's what I see. You will be able to follow this better if you can see the pictures. They are posted in the transcript on my website…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefFaithless in Seattle
I realize I will have to find a way to get by without my faith. To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefI Spy
I walk by sight, not by faith.To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefNobody Cares
The third horrible discovery: I'm on my own.To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefNobody Knows
The first horrible discovery: We're lost.To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefNothing Matters
The second horrible discovery: There are no happy endings.To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefBandaids
How I kept trying and trying until I couldn't try any more.To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefHard Reset
We hit the road in search of a new life.To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefDo-Over
I took half of the church split and tried again.To watch the video, click here. To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefDisaster!
How I blew my first church to smithereens.Watch the video here. To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefCracks
How my expectations about church first began to fall apart. To watch the video, go here. To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefPreacher
Why I felt like I had to be a preacher. For a video of this episode, go to the blog post on my website. To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefBorn Again
How I met Jesus at my lowest point in high school and fell in love with him.For the video of this episode, please go to https://facingup.club/bornagain/ To…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefFairy Tales
My earliest memories. What is story? What is consciousness. So much to discover!This is more fun with pictures. To see the video go to…
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Resignation
The horrible Sunday when I accepted the fact I had to resign my church and did not understand what was happening to me. For a video of this episode, go to…
Facing Up: Life Beyond BeliefIntroduction
Welcome to Facing Up. This is a podcast for people who have left evangelical Christianity and are going through a dark night of the soul.I begin with my own…