Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look, and an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stonkstreet.

My colleague Glenn Sunshine is fond of saying, well, let's not reinvent the flat tire.

In other words, we ought not double down on a solution that has definitively failed in the past.

Dr. Sunshine's clever editing of the popular saying is relevant to many things,

including the recent resurgence of interest in spirituality.

Last month, New York Times columnist Ross Douthit, author of the new book,

Believe Why Everyone Should Beigious,

discussed this resurgence on the Ezra Klein show.

The two explored what might be called

an emerging neo-paganism, especially from the American right. Among the diverse ideas that are

figuring into this new spirituality are concepts of nationhood, colonizing other planets, even

magic mushrooms. And among those, thinking out loud about it all, are some Trump administration

officials and superstar podcasters like Joe Rogan. Eventually, this odd mix of ideas will have to collide

with the more traditional Christian beliefs represented by figures like Vice President J.D. Vance.

It'll be interesting to watch. Now, on one hand, the discussion

indicates that there is a growing, widespread exhaustion with secular materialism. That's good news.

Across our culture, and including politics, there are many indications of what some are calling

re-enchantment. Recline and doubtit, and many others disagree, is whether this new

openness to the mystical, the spiritual, the otherworldly, will be helpful, or whether it will

be dangerous. Klein is a deconstructed Jew who's fascinated by so-called mystery and open to

all spiritual experience. During the podcast, he encouraged a profound openness to seeking spiritual

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