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There is one life behind all of life. Though imaged and named variously, as we say, there is one life, there is one beings-ness, there...
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- Sep 1, 2021
- 8 min
When God Hides in Shadows
Is discord pleasurable? Well, I would answer, “Absolutely not.” But what if discord in a relationship is what supports certain souls in...
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- Aug 15, 2021
- 6 min
Coming Out - as Yourself!
Indulge me some history, if you will. As an LGBTQ person in the United States in 1969, your name (along with those of your friends and...
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- Jul 31, 2021
- 5 min
A Time for Healing
The world is brimming with people praying for healing: · Healing for a broken relationship. · Healing for an inadequate income. · Healing...
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- Jul 15, 2021
- 8 min
The Four Agreements IV - Always Do Your Best
Upon your human birth, it’s as if the outer world handed you a book of law. And that book of law would offer you its suggestions specific...
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- Jul 1, 2021
- 8 min
Don't Make Assumptions
For those of you who may be reading my Blog for the first time, I’m in the third of a series drawn from The Four Agreements – a book by...
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- Jun 14, 2021
- 6 min
Don't Take Anything Personally
Let’s review what was in my last blog. We, as individuals, live in the collective dream of a family, of a community, of a nation. We, as...
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- Jun 3, 2021
- 8 min
Your Personal Book of Law
The problem is this: we, as individuals, live in the collective dream of a family, of a community, of a nation. We, as individuals, live...
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- May 17, 2021
- 8 min
Be Not Afraid
It was about a thousand years after Jesus’ crucifixion that the idea of substitutionary sacrifice – the idea that Jesus died for human...
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- May 1, 2021
- 8 min
The Hero's Journey
It seems to me that there are universal stories that are particularized by noble souls such as Dorothy from Oz and Frodo from the Shire...
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- Apr 15, 2021
- 6 min
Paradox
I think matters of spiritual truth are often paradoxical. And I wouldn’t be alone in this idea. In the Christian tradition alone, we’re...
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- Mar 31, 2021
- 7 min
Guilty or Not-guilty
It occurred to me that to explore the tensions of Palm Sunday and the triumphs of Easter Sunday without exploring the universal themes...
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- Mar 1, 2021
- 7 min
God is. I am. I express. I pray. I Do.
I think spiritual revelation is a lot like psychic revelation. The problem doesn’t so much arise when humans receive profound wisdom as...
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- Feb 14, 2021
- 2 min
God Is - I Am - I Think
Do you believe what society has taught you? Do you believe what society has taught you about the size of your hips, the color of your...
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- Feb 1, 2021
- 8 min
God Is, I Am
It took a period of 40 for the earth to be purified by the flood, a period of 40 for Elijah to escape the evil queen, a period of 40 for...
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- Jan 15, 2021
- 7 min
The True Spirit of Advent
As a child, I had no idea what the ritual symbolized. For me, it was just fun, not unlike many of today’s children for whom the opening...
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- Jan 5, 2021
- 6 min
The Law of One
How about this for an affirmation? I am one with the Infinite Wisdom of God. As such, I allow the grand thoughts of an Unlimited Thinker...
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- Dec 16, 2020
- 7 min
The Importance of Community
The most primitive organism on this planet is the prokaryote. Now, this prokaryote might be described as little more than a cell membrane...
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- Dec 4, 2020
- 8 min
One Life, One Mind, One Source
Traditions such as Unity would say it this way: there are not 8 billion lives. There is one life being expressed in an infinite number...
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