Presence: A Global Conversation for a New Earth.
Presence. The podcast connecting you with fresh insights in spirituality, biblical studies, and the art of being here, now.
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The Holomovement Book Release
03/30/2023
The Holomovement Book Release
In this podcast episode I discuss the latest news with regard to the major paradigm shifts manifesting around the globe. A new book is now available, I’m honored to have a small part in this collection of essays from leaders representing numerous diverse fields of study and research. It reflects the momentum of something amazing as we enter into this 3rd millennium C.E. Why is Presence a part of a book like this? Well, that’s why we do podcasts! So join me as I outline the next steps for seeing how the Biblical Narrative is contributing to new frontiers of universal love and acceptance. #Holomovement #EvolutionaryLeaders
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Max King Memorial Podcast
03/06/2023
Max King Memorial Podcast
We’re dedicating this podcast to the life and legacy of Max R. King. On behalf of our family I thank all of you who reached out with such kind words of support. Many of you have shared the impact his work has had in your lives. I couldn’t mention all of you by name but you must know that you were so meaningful to his work. Please also know that I was overwhelmed by so many thoughts as I considered my own personal time with dad over the decades. I did my best to share some things with you so we could honor him and then move ahead with our own efforts and contributions to make this world a better place. #MaxKing #MaxRKing #PresenceMinistry #Presence
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A Global Conversation With Dr. Riane Eisler
02/15/2023
A Global Conversation With Dr. Riane Eisler
Doug King of interviews Dr. Riane Eisler. Dr. Eisler pioneers-- through her multidisciplinary “Four Cornerstones” approach-- our urgently needed global transition from domination-- to partnership-- models and consciousness (. Her iconic books include The Chalice and the Blade, now in 57 U.S. printings and 30 foreign editions, The Real Wealth of Nations and, most recently Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future (co-authored with neuroscientist Dr. Douglas P. Fry, Oxford University Press, 2019).
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Christianity and Dominator Hierarchies
02/02/2023
Christianity and Dominator Hierarchies
We continue our Global Conversation regarding the movement from Dominator Hierarchies to Partnership Societies and families. In this episode I want to discuss this subject regarding gender in the Biblical Narrative and the religion of Christianity historically. So let’s do some theology. Tracking through the Narrative, the creation story culminates with the creation of male and female. In Genesis 2 the story says the 2 become 1. This idea is one of partnership. Domination hierarchies identify power and authority to a specific group and all others are subjects. How is that paradigm trans-formed in the story? Why is it important in the story? How has Christianity been a model of Dominator Hierarchy? #dominatorheirarchy #christianity #genderroles #gender
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A Global Conversation Intro
01/26/2023
A Global Conversation Intro
In my podcast today I set the stage for this series by giving my observations about the current landscape of Christianity and why there is a new paradigm shift that’s gaining significant energy and excitement as we move into the trans-religious era of history. I’ll also tell you a little about an amazing woman who is 91 years young and who has become known internationally for her work in Big History. It traces the history of Dominator Hierarchies and calls for a shift into Partnership Societies and families. Desmond Tutu said this about Riane’s work, “ It’s a template for the world we so urgently need. So why is Riane doing a podcast with ? And why are people from Quantum Physics, Psychology, Philosophy and many other fields now working with Presence? Listen to learn more.
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Presence Joins Process and Faith For New Course Offering
09/01/2022
Presence Joins Process and Faith For New Course Offering
I am excited and pleased to announce that I will be joining Dr. Sheri Kling, Director of Process and Faith in a 6 weeks course beginning September 13th. Process and Faith operates as part of the Cobb Institute and has considerable influence in the field of theology. The course is entitled: The Biblical Narrative and Universal God Identity; Integral Theology and Process Approaches. For Registration and Course Information click here:
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Regeneration and Judgment: Final Episode
06/03/2022
Regeneration and Judgment: Final Episode
We end our series on Regeneration and its various concepts and implications regarding God identity. Judgment is at the foundation of a dysfunctional God story. It’s time to grow in our understanding of that which holds all things together.
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Regeneration and the Ecclesia
05/26/2022
Regeneration and the Ecclesia
The implications of God’s regenerative work are dramatic. Human identity is at stake. We’ve spent time talking about the 2 creations and their paradigms of consciousness. One creation produced bondage to sin and death while the new creation delivered humanity from sin and death. The first creation had last days and came to an end. That’s because sin and death is a consciousness paradigm and God was in Christ reconciling that way of seeing. God was in Christ the individual in the process of dying to the first creation and rising as the firstborn one of the new. But why was there a need for the body of Christ or ecclesia? What was the role and function of the church? If so many are leaving the church, could it be that church itself became misunderstood by the Gentiles? The church, as it has been taught and handed down, is now a problem. It’s time to think about how God’s regenerative work was in that body. It’s time to think about a dramatically different future—or keep doing the same thing and wondering why it keeps failing.
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Regeneration As Related To Sin and Death
05/19/2022
Regeneration As Related To Sin and Death
We continue to dig deep into our ancestral roots of identity. The act of regeneration was a process that transformed all things. One of the confusing issues around this discussion relates to sin and death. Why did Paul tell the Gentiles that sin and death were going to be removed when the Deliverer came out of Zion? The Gentiles thought the regeneration process was complete when Christ died on the cross for their sins. If you want to know your ancestry you have to do the research. So once again we research the Narrative for the roots of our universal, world-centric identity.
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Regeneration and Judgment Part 5
05/05/2022
Regeneration and Judgment Part 5
This episode is about the relationship of judgment to that of love and acceptance. The Gentiles in Rome thought the judgment of God was a process of separating human beings. Paul goes to great lengths to show judgment as that which reveals the basis upon which all are regenerated. The separation of self as source from Spirit as source was the necessary prelude to the acceptance of all. Paul’s teaching that all Israel will be saved has stood in contradiction to the Christian religion’s teaching of condemnation, wrath and casting away for the purpose of tormenting most of the world for eternity. The Gentiles in Rome institutionalized Jesus, made him the founder of a new religion and passed down this judgment message through history. Paul deconstructs this divisive message and clarifies the nature of God’s love and acceptance.
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Regeneration and Judgment Part 4
04/28/2022
Regeneration and Judgment Part 4
One of the major themes of the God story, handed down for the last 2,000 years, is judgment. We continue to look at what we’ve done with our understanding of God identity as it relates to judgment. When Christology is made into a religious form its boundaries must be policed. The focus of our thinking becomes tribalistic- who’s in, who’s out? This, of course requires judgment to insure those who represent God’s chosen ones. Starting with the Gentiles in Rome, the end result of this approach over the last 2 millennia is leading to the disintegration of church attendance, the closing of seminaries and the lack of interest shown by the younger generation. Now is the time to ask and seek. Now is the time to reconsider long held views of judgmental, condemning language. Is it possible God’s work through Christ offers so much more? Is it possible judgment plays a role in unifying the world by leading to restoration and acceptance for all?
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Regeneration and Judgment Part 3
04/22/2022
Regeneration and Judgment Part 3
Regeneration is the process of identity transformation. Our human family first understood identity from a tribal or genealogical point of view. Any encounter with tribes who were different brought conflict and even war. Integral thinkers are now pointing to a movement from ethnocentric to world-centric identity. But this world-centric or integrative movement is challenging to those in religion who attach their identity to a tribe that separates itself from all other tribes. Even within Christianity the embedded tribalism of denominationalism supports the divisiveness of this paradigm. At the heart of the struggle is the issue of judgment. In this episode we continue the conversation for a new earth with regard to the process of casting out and acceptance. Both are part of the story. However, even the element of casting out is to reveal the basis upon which all humanity is accepted and the basis of God’s mercy upon all. And this goes against our ethnocentric instincts.
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Regeneration and Judgment - Part 2
04/14/2022
Regeneration and Judgment - Part 2
In this episode we continue to look at the relationship between Regeneration and Judgment. The subject of judgment has been a very confusing one through the ages. We discuss the role and function of judgment and why it was necessary to the process of regeneration. We also begin to look at the other side of the reconciliatory process- acceptance.
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Regeneration and Judgment
04/06/2022
Regeneration and Judgment
In this 4th episode in the Regeneration series we incorporate the principles of judgment as taught by Jesus with relation to regeneration. What is the role of judgment in the Narrative? How can we be in a new heaven and earth when there are those who do not belong? And who decides (judges) those accepted and those who are not? We will begin by looking at the context of judgment, throne and regeneration going back to the early history of Israel. Judgment has inflicted more destruction, pain and angst upon humans than some physical violence. It’s place in the God process requires our urgent attention, especially as people are looking for answers beyond old paradigms.
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The Biblical Narrative, Integral Consciousness and Regeneration-Part 3
03/24/2022
The Biblical Narrative, Integral Consciousness and Regeneration-Part 3
This is episode 3 in our series on The Biblical Narrative, Integral Consciousness and Regeneration. The importance of world-centric thinking is showing itself in the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. All separation thinking leads to discrimination and denomination. The Narrative is a story of the evolution or growth of integral conscious (God as all in all) from ethnocentric thinking that divides people into tribes to a new tier of thinking that has eyes to see human identity as universal.
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The Biblical Narrative, Integral Consciousness and Regeneration-Part 2
03/17/2022
The Biblical Narrative, Integral Consciousness and Regeneration-Part 2
The global conversation is happening and synergy groups are formulating a new unitive narrative based on world-centric thinking. All fields of study are joining in and this has led to a movement of convergence. But does the Biblical Narrative affirm the principles being put forth by science, art, technology, economics, education and many more? Or do we water down the Biblical Narrative by proposing that God is in this new way of thinking? Today we discuss these questions further in order to see where we fit into an ever changing planet. I believe we are on the cusp of an amazing breakthrough for a Narrative that is becoming of less and less interest to people.
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The Biblical Narrative, Integral Consciousness and Regeneration
03/10/2022
The Biblical Narrative, Integral Consciousness and Regeneration
This first episode in this series compares the current narrative of Integral Consciousness with the Biblical Narrative. There’s a big discussion going on about the concept of convergence. More and more people are seeing something exciting amid the chaos. It seems that science, art, technology, education etc. are coming together to create a new unitive narrative. Amazing! Some 2,000 years ago the apostle John said that all nations would walk in the light of a New Jerusalem as a cataclysmic shift in cosmology moved humanity into a New Heaven and Earth. This is the space of convergence of all fields of study and experience. #BiblicalNarrative #Theology #convergence #integral #cosmology #integraltheory #consciousness #spiritualawakening
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Presence Intro to Evolutionary Leaders
02/24/2022
Presence Intro to Evolutionary Leaders
Presence is announcing our induction into Evolutionary Leaders. This is a big step forward in the acceptance and promotion of our integral approach to the Biblical Narrative. Evolutionary Leaders is a movement founded by Deepak Chopra, Maryanne Williamson, Deborah Moldow, Diane Williams and others as a subset of the Source of Synergy Foundation. Its purpose is to create Synergy Circles of leaders from many diverse fields. These prolific leaders, authors and media figures come from philosophy, wisdom traditions, business, eco systems, physics, biology, personal transformation, group transformation, technology, art, music and more. Please watch the video of my interview with Dr. Kurt Johnson on this amazing and dynamic movement across the planet and why Presence was invited to join these efforts. #EvolutionaryLeaders #KurtJohnson #DougKing #Integral #Cosmology #Theology #Spirituality #PostReligion
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Disruption!
01/27/2022
Disruption!
In this podcast I’m going to take an integral look at the role and function of disruption. I was inspired to talk about this as I read the book, “Rethinking Humanity” by James Arbib and Tony Seba. The same principles of disruption that were at work in the first century, cataclysmic end of one world and the manifestation of a new creation are now happening in these sectors, that at first glance may seem to have nothing to do with theology. But we see the principles of disruption as related to the evolution of human consciousness. Disruption is necessary to the creation of a much better world.
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A Global Conversation With Deborah Moldow
12/01/2021
A Global Conversation With Deborah Moldow
Rev. Deborah Moldow has had an amazing journey from child TV actor to the Broadway stage to the United Nations and beyond. Deborah is founder of Garden of Light, a nonprofit for those aligned with emerging global spirituality.
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A Global Unitive Healing Conversation
11/17/2021
A Global Unitive Healing Conversation
If God is truly all in all we must seek the God in all people. For millennia people have sought to know the transcendent. We come from the Biblical narrative but that narrative was never meant to be hid under the form of the Christian religion. Christians talk to Christians. Denominations read books that are written for their denominations. All of this perpetuates division not dialog.
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It's About Time - For a Trans narrative Approach
10/14/2021
It's About Time - For a Trans narrative Approach
Do God experiences only happen to this who read the Bible?
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Christianity is Declining...and it's about TIME - Part 2
09/16/2021
Christianity is Declining...and it's about TIME - Part 2
We are going into episode 2 of our series, “Christianity is Declining and It’s About Time.” We continue our discussion around the statistics of this decline and the numerous podcasters, videos and groups who are deconstructing faith and religion.
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Christianity is Declining and It’s About Time - Part 1
09/09/2021
Christianity is Declining and It’s About Time - Part 1
We’re setting the stage for all of the deconstruction conversations, podcasts and writing around the decline of Christianity. We are proposing that it’s about time from multiple perspectives. We’ll look at the historical times that got us to where we are today. We’ll look at why the model of Spiral Dynamics is all about time. We ask, “what if Christianity’s decline is necessary for the understanding of Christology and universal God identity to move forward?”
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Glorious Freedom Part 3
07/22/2021
Glorious Freedom Part 3
The glorious freedom that it promised came with a cost. Just as now, the first century followers experienced the emotions and feelings that came with putting the old to death in order to move into the new.
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Glorious Freedom - Part 2
07/15/2021
Glorious Freedom - Part 2
No matter what part of the globe you live on, you and I are experiencing the same challenges and feelings of change. This time of change is enormous because it presents the opportunity for an evolutionary leap in human understanding—even though it may seem to be the very opposite!
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Glorious Freedom - Part 1
07/08/2021
Glorious Freedom - Part 1
In this episode I want to talk with you about leaving the structure of religion. Humans have always experienced their beliefs in God(s) via external structures or sacred objects. Israel was warned many times about the problems with idols. The evolution of spiritual consciousness has also been tied to temples, shrines, cathedrals, mosques etc. For those coming out of Christianity as a religious identity the church building is a symbol of such structure.
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The Deceitfulness of Good - Conclusion
06/04/2021
The Deceitfulness of Good - Conclusion
The Passion for For type 1s is ANGER
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The Decitfulness of Good - Part 3
05/20/2021
The Decitfulness of Good - Part 3
As we continue to look at the deceitfulness of good through the enneagram perspectives we see how the passion, which comes from the latin word 'passeo' which means 'to suffer', of each type is tied to an attempt to resist the suffering by doing good. But, in the words of Carl Jung, what you resist not only persists, but will grow in size. When we resist confronting what makes us suffer it will only lead to deeper suffering, loss of self love and loss of relationships.
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The Deceitfulness of Good - Part 2
05/14/2021
The Deceitfulness of Good - Part 2
Denée and I continue our series on the “Deceitfulness of Good” coming from the perspective of the individual as understood through the use of the Enneagram.
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