Michael Bogar, M.Div, M.Th.

Interest is More Important Than Hope
Jesus Was Not Your Typical New Age Teacher
Does Life Function by Chance or Purpose?
Can There Be Absolutes in an Age of Relativism?
The Necessity of Suffering in the Bible: James Hillman's Pathologizing and the Bible
Living in Fear is a Bitch! But a Bitch is Good Mother Dog!
The Gospel According to the Beatles
Myth and Science: Two Ways to Two Truths
James Hillman's View of Suffering and the Bible
The War on Terror: Is That the Best Title?
The Solution is in The Disease
Blessed Are Those Who Are Confused and Judgmental
The Myth of Mental Health: The Necessity of Mental Isometrics
Mystical Narcissism: The Law of Attraction Meets the Law of Opposites
The Role of Humor in Soul-making: Poking Fun at the Ego
The Green Knight As Trickster: Death and Sex as Ways of Making Soul
The Loss of Jason as Seen in the Greek Hymn of Demeter and Persephone
The World is Neither Fair Nor Unfair: Dedicated to Jason Michael Bogar
Wize Wurds from Saint Exuperous of the Bloated Isles of Printdome
Do You Suffer from A.S.S., or Alvy Singer Syndrome? Stop Waiting!
Interest is More Important Than Hope
The Blessing of Anxiety
Is Islam the American Problem, or Are Our Politicians the Problem?
The Book of Job: Banishment from the Common Place, or Purposeful Insanity
Religion and Advertising: Is The Virgin Birth Literal?
Religion, Politics and Modern Day Demon Possession
Politics and the Role of the Ego
The Book of Job: An Approach to Madness
Guest Blog: Teresa Lutrell on Losing Her Son and The Dark Night
The Blessing of Low Self Esteem: "I'm Not Good Enough"
 All Relationships Are for Making Your Unique Soul
Using Your Arts and Talents to Make Your Unique Soul
Soul-making Through Pictures 
Addictions and Humor: Complete Your Story or Die
Transcendence or Transformation: Eastern Philosophy Compared to Soul-making 
Peace Through Conflict
Tantric Sex and Soul-making
The Myth of 'Free Will': Prove Me Wrong!
Yes, I Am Separated from God
From Interfaith to Exit Faith
Be An Informed Dogmatist: Ideas, Ideals and Ideologies
Swine Flu, Chicken Little and the End of My World
How is the Imaginal Realm Different Than Human Imagination?
God is One, and Two, and More 
Ten Hard Questions for Soul-making (No Correct Answers)
Where Do Mistakes Come From?
The Tragic Loss of Soul in America
The Terror and Joy of Finding God in the Dark
Finding God By Losing Your Ass
Freedom of Debate is not the Central Tenet of American Democracy.
A Brief and Shocking Study of Satan in the Bible
Who, What, Why is Satan?
Soul-making as Aim of Life and Evidence of Immortality
Mirror Christianity: What is the Purpose of the Bible?
Is It True That 'Pain is Mandatory, Suffering is Optional'?
Soul-making As Spiritual Isometrics
Death is Not a Part of Life
Most Evangelicals are Secular Rationalists
Churches as Gymnasiums, Not Hospitals
The Necessity of 'En-Darkenment' for Becoming Human
The Necessity of Judgment and Confusion in Soul-making
Soul's Are Made by Love and Death: Guest Lecture
Ravished By God: John Donne's Antidote to the Book of Job
What is Sanity? Am I Sane?
Happy New Year! I Think I'll Kill My 'self'
The Soul of Video Images: Why We Love Films
Poem by David Whyte: Self Portrait
Soul-making and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Seek En-Humanment, Not Enlightenment
A Time for Impatience: Don't Wait!
Should We Critique Religions?
Obama or McCain: Who Does God Favor?
So, How Are You Doing Michael?
Eckhardt Tolle's A New Earth: Is the Ego Really Dysfunctional and False?
Soul-making and the Death of My Son




PERSONAL GROWTH & SPIRITUALITY

Four Types of Mystics: Yes, Mystics Can Be Very Egoistic
Pray For My Damn Enemies? I Don't Think So!
Praying to an Empty Chair: Don't Confuse Imaginal with Imaginary
Why Do We Suffer Pain?
Change: The Necessity of Losing Your Head
I Feel Great, Until I Wake Up!
Learning to Accept God's Discord
True Understanding Means to Stand Under: Surrendering Ego
Did My Parents Screw Me Up, or is this Soulmaking?
Moving from 'Illusionization' to Realization
Turning Doubt Into Faith
Making Dysfunctional Functional
Demotion Before Promotion: Finding Spirit When Ankle Deep in Crap
The Gift of Addiction
The Four Stages of Spiritual Growth
The Many Voices in My Head
Addiction is Not A 'Disorder'
Change Your Story: The Fluid Jewish God
We Can't Fight Ego and Oppose War
Living As Victims or From Destiny?
Are You Stuck in the Past?
Does the Resurrection Story Guarantee Happily Ever After?
Divine Resentment: Soul-making Through Purposeful Bitterness
America's Love Affair With Self Improvement
Do All Negative Feelings Arise from Being 'Out of Alignment'?
When My Life Comes Apart At The Seams
When Healing Becomes a Disease
In Defense of All Human Emotions
The Myth of Becoming Whole
I Am A Spiritual Humanist
This God Thing...
Beyond Opposites, to the Center
THE SECRET: An Evaluation of the Movie
THE SECRET: An Evaluation, Part Two
Is It Time to Get Rid of the Term, Metaphysics?
Secret Codes and Hidden Messages
Modern Spirituality: Feast or Famine?


SOUL MAKING EXPLORED

From the Rack to Prozac
Your Imagination Does Not Belong to You
What is Soul-making?
Soul-making and the Death of My Son
What is Imagination?
How to Read Through the Eyes of Soul
The Organ of Soul Perception
Did My Parents Screw Me Up, or is this Soulmaking?
What is the Purpose for Humans Being Here?
Soul-making Is Not Learned from Text Books
There Was No 'Art' in Egypt
Being in the Soil of Imagination
Re-Enchanting The Universe
A Parable: The Relationship of Religion to Soul
The Necessity of War As Well As Peace for Soul-making
SOUL-MAKING AND THE DEATH OF A CHILD
Biography as Soul-making: Charles Schulz's Life Story



SOUL MAKING AND SUFFERING
 
Accepting God's Discord
The Function of Dysfunction
New Thought and Suffering: Part I
New Thought and Suffering: Part II
New Thought and Suffering: Part III - Positive Thinking and Pain
Why Do We Suffer Pain?
SOUL-MAKING AND THE DEATH OF A CHILD
Do We Really Need to Reconcile God With Pain?
The Necessity of War As Well As Peace for Soul-making
We Can't Fight Ego and Oppose War
Death, Loss, Humility and Soul-making: Oscar Wilde


INTERVIEWS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

Interviews Beyond the Grave: Jesus and Jim Morrison
Interviews Beyond the Grave: Kurt Cobain and Norman Vincent Peale





DREAMS AND DREAMING

What is the Purpose of Dreams?
I Suffer from M.P.D: Multiple Personalities Dreams





THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

Democratic Evangelicals - Guest Article
Emergent Christianity: An Alternative to Fundamentalism
How Can We Know God Without a Bible?
Christians Use the Bible Incorrectly
Does the Resurrection Story Guarantee Happily Ever After?
The Mind of the Bible Believer
What Is Christmas?
Are Christianity and Jung Compatible?
My Experience of Christianity
What is the 'Born Again' Experience?
What Did Jesus Mean by 'The Gospel'?
Seven Types of Pseudo-Christians
Is Jesus the Only Way?
Would Jesus Be a Republican or a Democrat?
Time to Raze Hell!!!
Did God Have to Slaughter His Son for Our Sins?
When Jesus Meets the Easter Bunny
The Iceberg of Dogmatism
The Insidious Nature of Monotheism


PROSPERITY

How to Create an Effective Affirmation.
Prosperity in a World of Suffering.
Goddess Euthenia: A Prayer for Prosperity



REALLY GOOD QUOTES AND BRIEF COMMENTARY
Really Good Quotes and Brief Commentary


QUESTIONS FROM A LITERALIST CHRISTIAN

How Can We Know God Without a Literal Bible?
What Do You Do With Jesus' Death for Our Sins?
How Does a Person Get 'Right' With God?
Is Jesus the ONLY Way, the Truth and the Life?
Why Do You Pick and Choose from the Bible?
Can a 'Cultist' Have the Holy Spirit?
Won't Following the Spirit Without a Bible Lead to Problems?
How Can We Know God Without a Bible?
How Can You Know Right From Wrong Without a Bible?
Show Me a Verse to Prove It!
Why Do Some People Need the Bible?
Can the Holy Spirit Dwell in Unbelievers?



THE BIBLE

The Mind of the Bible Believer
The Bible: A Third Option
How to Read the Bible Internally
Sex and The Bible
The Bible Tells You Not To Rely on the Bible


MEN'S ISSUES

Something Only the Masculine Can Understand
Are Men Out of Touch With Their Feelings?
Why Do So Few Men Go To Church?
Are Men Violent By Nature?
The God of War as a Soul-making Metaphor


CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES


Freedom of Debate is not the Central Tenet of American Democracy.
Is The Media the New Universal Church?

What Do Violence, the Super Bowl and Benazir Bhutto Have in Common?
The 'Self Made Man' Did Not Begin With Barack Obama
Hijacking Science: Is Darwinian Evolution Science? (guest editorial)
Is America Uniquely Violent and Selfish?
Review of Charles Schulz's Controversial Biography: Soul-making as Biography
The Modern Error of Neutrality
Paris Hilton and Soul-making
Global Warming: Who is to Blame? Guest Article
ART: Therapy or Entertainment?
American Idols are Second Hand Images
Patriotism is Un-Chic - Oh Well
When Genius and Culture Clash: Death of Kurt Vonnegut

WORLD RELIGIONS

Should We Boycott Muslim Holiday Postage Stamp?
Gay, Liberal Author Defends Bush Regarding Islam!
A Parable: The Relationship of Religion to Soul
The Insidious Nature of Monotheism

SEXUALITY AND SPIRITUALITY

Sex and The Bible


FOR JASON MICHAEL CHARLES BOGAR (2/19/83-7/13/08)

Poem: Something New
Poem:Yesterday
Something Only The Masculine Can Understand

Poem For Jason, Who Loved the Flag
Poem: There is No Cellar, There is No Door
Soul-making and the Death of My Son

Two Kinds of Suicide: Physical and Psychological
The Relationship of Depth Psychology to New Age Spirituality
Occupy Wall Street and Soul-making