After the end of the Cold War, many hoped the 21st century would be one of lasting peace. It actually started well with the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/05/01/enlarged-freedom-for-a-safer-world-a-unificationist-approach-toward-human-security/

I have had the privilege of chairing an editorial team that has been assembling a chronology of the life and work of Sun Myung Moon (1920-2021) and Hak Ja Han Moon (1943-) in the United States from 1965-2022. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/04/03/from-korea-with-love/

The veneration of Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been around for as long as the early Apostles. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/03/20/the-veneration-of-mary-and-its-implications-for-women-in-the-church/

In most seminaries and academic institutions, since the rise of critical methods of scholarship, scripture has been studied by applying methods of literary and historical criticism. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2019/03/11/the-concept-of-truth-and-the-interpretation-of-scripture/

In a sermon I gave in Kiev in late 1991, I warned that the Israelites, upon escaping slavery in Egypt, still had to endure 40 years of suffering in the desert. So it has been for the Ukraine since the break-up of the Soviet Union. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/02/27/russia-crimea-ukraine-and-beyond/

Recently, a significant reconciliation took place between two opposing factions within Roman Catholicism.  In light of divisions plaguing the Unification faith community at present, it is instructive to look at how this reconciliation took place. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/01/30/traditional-roman-catholicism-vs-franciscan-mysticism-a-case-study-for-unificationists/

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is a rare sequel — one I found to be even better than its predecessor, “Black Panther,” in terms of the depth of its message and themes even though the Marvel Cinematic Universe film is minus its former lead actor with the 2020 death of Chadwick Boseman. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/01/16/black-panther-wakanda-forever-more-than-a-marvel-adventure-movie/

The 19th century French novelist, Gustave Flaubert, asserted that “the art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/01/02/what-music-tells-me-beauty-truth-and-goodness-and-our-cultural-inheritance/

I experienced a flash of insight a few days ago while looking at Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s picture (who Unificationists call True Father). This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2022/11/07/the-need-for-a-unificationist-blessing-marriage-and-family-theology-and-education-providence/

As many teachers and prophets have taught, and as supported by scientific and historical evidence, our experience is largely shaped by our perception. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2022/10/10/the-abundance-mentality-with-biblical-references/

In April 1990, after his Moscow meeting with Soviet President Gorbachev, Rev. Sun Myung Moon asked Antonio Betancourt, Secretary General of the Summit Council for World Peace, to reach out on his behalf to North Korea. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2022/10/03/treating-an-adversary-with-the-respect-they-may-not-deserve/

It’s natural to presume that family are the people who think like us, are born into the same cultural group, share similar political stances, and even look like us. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2022/09/26/unearthing-my-dna-the-lost-sister/

Our church started from a few young people, who were once welcomed so delightfully as precious beings. What if we were to treat these wounded just like those young people, but who are recovered and recommitted, so as to be gladly welcomed as precious beings once again? This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2022/09/05/a-proposal-to-allocate-more-resources-for-counseling/

In my current experience, churches today can deliver a somewhat satisfying experience on the spiritual and emotional level, but without a more credible philosophical substrate, lack the capacity to support a moral or ethical context on which further societal development can be built. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2022/08/22/my-fellow-christians-we-are-challenged-to-make-the-case-for-faith-itself/

For me one of the more fascinating requests Rev. Sun Myung Moon gave to us was his request to WRIST in 1984 to develop technology to communicate with spirit world. It is not something I would ever have thought of doing myself, but after I became aware of the problem he posed, it has stayed with me throughout my spiritual life. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2022/08/08/how-to-meet-my-ancestors-a-theory-of-spirit/

Conceptual frameworks for interpretation determine the limits, or horizons, of human understanding. This applies to the interpretation of Unificationism, the philosophy of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2022/07/04/idealism-empiricism-and-realism-in-rev-moons-philosophy/

My interest in spiritual psychotherapy stems from over 40 years as a student of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and the Divine Principle. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2022/06/13/who-are-we-really-spiritual-psychotherapy-and-understanding-the-self/

Spiritual Connections: Living in the Flow of God’s Love (Circle of Angels Press, 201 pp., 2022) is an engaging spiritual autobiography of Nora Spurgin, who joined what was then called the Unified Family (later Unification Church) in New York in 1967. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2022/05/30/spiritual-connections-living-in-the-flow-of-gods-love/

As a second-generation Unificationist, I’ve suffered for a long time from the Cain-Abel model, a prototype relationship that has been applied to almost all kinds of personal as well as official relationships in the Unification movement. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2022/05/16/a-remedial-shift-to-the-esau-jacob-model-an-internal-monologue/