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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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- Dec 4, 2020
- 7 min
The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks
The problem with a human incarnation is that it’s believable. What our ears hear is believable. What our noses smell is believable. ...
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- Dec 4, 2020
- 9 min
Time to Bring Our Life Energies Back Center
There’s a poster that hangs in my office. It was a gift from Rev. Nina Clark and its words were drawn from a book I wrote many years...
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- Nov 3, 2020
- 7 min
The End of Days - End of Ways
Oh, do mark your calendars on the day that Dr. Richard Loren Held launched his Sunday discussion by referencing Rev. Pat Robertson. Now,...
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