Editor’s Note: Beginning today, this newsletter–formerly known as ‘The Friday Future Fifteen”--is being rebranded into “Faith in the Future.” The newsletter will continue to cover future trends and the first section will offer articles relevant to the general reader. The second section, “Farm Focus,” will be focused exclusively on farming and the agricultural concerns, and [...]

(Editor's note: This article is scheduled to appear in the fall Edition of "Compass"--the professional journal of futurists. It will be available in PDF form soon). In Letters to a Young Poet, the German poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke once wrote:  “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to [...]

Dear Readers: This week, I am sharing two short pieces. The first is entitled "The Man Who Planted Trees: A Blueprint for My Spiritual Future" and it explains how Jean Giono's beautiful little book, "The Man Who Planted Trees" continues to shape my life--and future. The second article offers a brief preview of a talk [...]

This Sunday, I will be giving a presentation at Christ the King Catholic Church in Southwest Minneapolis on “The Future of Faith in an Era of Accelerating Change.” (I hope the talk will be recorded and, if it is, I’ll post a link to it in a future edition of this newsletter.) One of the [...]

The book, The Man Who Planted Trees, may be an unusual place to have begun a spiritual journey but, in my case, it happens to be true. I first recall reading the short, little book 20 years ago and it has been working on my soul ever since. The effect has been so profound, in [...]

As I start out on my spiritual journey, I’d like to begin with this quote from Emily Dickenson: “The sailor cannot see the North, but knows the needle can.” For most of my professional career as a futurist, I have relied on my mind to understand and navigate the future. I no longer have faith [...]

Dear Readers: If you are still reading my weekly newsletter, I say “Thank you.” Many of you will undoubtedly have noticed my change in focus from matters of technology to those of spirituality. If you prefer the old format I understand, but I feel this is a direction I am meant to travel and I [...]

Dear Readers: I recently submitted an article to the Wall Street Journal for their regular Saturday "About Face" feature.  The column chronicles how various professional have changed their minds. Unfortunately, my piece was rejected. Below is the editor's short note back to me: Dear Mr. Uldrich, Many thanks for passing along your draft, but I'm afraid [...]