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Why Prayer Matters – Even if you don’t believe
Many consider prayer as if it belongs only to the religious, but its power reaches further than belief. A prayer is really a moment of connection, a small surge of empathy that reminds us we’re not facing the world alone. Even nonbelievers can feel its lift. And if our thoughts…
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Coincidence or Synchronicity?
What if signs from the Divine are always around us but we don’t see them? This is a picture of an answer to a puzzle game I played today. Immediately I recognized it as a synchronicity – a message from the conscious universe because these words hold spiritual meaning for…
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Just thinking about: Mercy
This stink bug got itself into a disastrous predicament upside down in my sink. Without thought I grabbed a paper towel to save it, even though I despise them.As I did I heard “mercy” in my thoughts. I realized I had the power, and had been given a choice –…
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Four Dragonflies
This is a story of four dragonflies and divine visitation. Last week we laid my uncle Rob to rest. He was my father’s last living sibling and original family, preceded in death by dad’s other two siblings, and my grandmother. We buried Rob’s ashes in the area between the headstones…
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A Spiritual Lesson on Belief and Doubt from an Episode of Young Sheldon
The Universe speaks in many different ways, heard by those who listen. The acceptance of whether it does is a matter of personal perspective by those who see signs and miracles, and those who don’t. Yet, even those of a secular nature can sometimes benefit from events that help troubled…
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Is Consciousness Reality?
Last night before falling into sleep I was thinking about the theory that only consciousness is reality and everything else we think we see, touch or hear, is simply a projection of our conscious thoughts. During the night I was awoken by a thundering storm, and as I awoke there…
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Just Thinking About: Importance
As we grow older our priorities change. Material things become less important and for many of us our priceless treasures are no longer dollar based, but experience based. When my mom moved into an assisted living home the only pictures she wanted hanging on the walls were family photos. Her…
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Just Thinking About: Grief
In reality, grief is just love – Love displaced. Grief is the expression of love that was meant to embrace another. It is love, unspent. It leaves with its obsession Yet leaves itself behind in the heart of the obsessed. It recoils to the lump in our throat, the hole…
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The New World
The old world is ending. A new earth is forming. Listen to people talking and this is what many of them are talking about, online in groups, on social media, in political commentaries, and especially in churches and spiritual videos online. My familiar association with “the new world” is that…
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The Joy of Family Gathering and Terrible Turkey
When it comes to festive family feasts I have been rather lucky to be the one who brings a dish to someone else’s house, free and clear from tedious house cleaning in preparation for the event, and better still, free from being responsible for the food spread. In years past,…
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