Jon Ogden

A Personal Update + An Invite to Connect

I want to connect with people who are interested in the same question I’m primarily interested in, which is: How do we find deep meaning, purpose, and…

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September 2025

It Will Not Always Be Like This

We will either fix things or things will fix us

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March 2025

Let’s Talk About The Telepathy Tapes

Why We Need Industrial-Grade Skepticism Alongside Our Desire for Love and Belonging

Mar 12 • 

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January 2025

When Will We Learn the Virtue of Enough?

From Congress to Wall Street to Silicon Valley...

Jan 8 • 

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August 2024

Expand Enough and You'll Go Local

When I was seven years old, my grandma offered me twenty dollars to read the Book of Mormon ahead of my baptism into the Church of Jesus Christ of…

Published on Wayfare • Aug 20, 2024

April 2024

A Call for Wild Religion

Resist the Allure of the Perfect

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March 2024

We Are Not Machines (Doing Nothing Heals Us)

I’m typing these words on a laptop after cooking breakfast on a stove, loading a dishwasher full of dishes, and driving my kids to school in a car while…

Mar 27, 2024 • 

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January 2024

My Search for Expansive Spirituality

Published on Wayfare • Jan 3, 2024

December 2023

The Power of Now *and* Then

What Would Ebenezer Scrooge Say to Eckhart Tolle?

Dec 14, 2023 • 

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November 2023

“Higher” Stages Aren’t Always More Mature

The Limits of Developmental Theory

Nov 30, 2023 • 

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What Do We Lose When We Lose Worship?

Recently, my son asked what church is like for most Christians in America.

Nov 9, 2023 • 

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October 2023

Language for Theists and Atheists Alike

In my previous post, I wrote about how religion is a “language” for communicating about the transcendent — a language that uses a bundle of methods…

Oct 5, 2023 • 

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