This post will also be on the Abundant Earth Coop online zine: It's so good to be back... As a spiritual leader, minister, and teacher, I am struck by how often people will quickly say they are “spiritual but not religious.” While I can understand the desire to avoid being pigeonholed by institutionalized and dogmatic traditions, I also feel there can be a wishy-washy quality to calling oneself spiritual and not having a set practice to support the spiritual claim.