Films and novels often portray mankind living in a Programmed Matrix, but perhaps this is only an echo of the original and enduring matrix, the Mind of God.

Promoting blind obedience to authority, such as secular “experts,” places the faithful in harm’s way. Should clergy who promoted obedience to dishonest, corrupt, and biased experts face a special form of penance?

Were Bishops guilty of “anti-intellectualism,” or was this Franciscan promoting obedience to experts and intellectuals who should have been disobeyed?

Through reality checks immortal souls can achieve freedom from the matrix of traps, and thus come to know grace and salvation.

Were Catholic Bishops fooled into recommending the COVID vaccines? Who deceived the Bishops?

Discernment of God’s Will in dispute resolution parallels discernment of vocations.

In contrast to the positive and mediating influence that the media contribute, when the media become compromised and corrupt they put forth false reports that promote conflict.

The introduction of spiritual needs into Divine Collaboration motivates participants to reflect on their true nature, their true essence as a spiritual being.

In Divine Collaboration, a peacemaking process, parties come to the table to express their respective practical interests as well as their spiritual interests.

Nihilism, the impulse to destroy, arises from fear.

Fear is the ultimate conflict driver. To understand evil, we must understand the nature of fear.

Discover the destructive hidden influence that most often drives conflict, chaos, and human suffering.