Living In Spirit

Sometime ago during a genial conversation on spiritual principles a participant tossed out the comment  “I don’t trouble God with...

When we travel down the road of indignation, self-righteousness, fear, hateful and/or angry words and thoughts we invariably fi...

We have all done it and regretted it afterwards. We are either drawn into or feel the need to volunteer our  opinion in someone el...

Recipes are typically associated with cooking. However virtually everything in life has a “recipe.” Plastics are very different ...

A necessary part of true intelligence is the study of history. Studying history enables us to observe today’s events and relate t...

Try to lose weight. Try to get in shape. Try to quit smoking. Trying to get organized. Trying to be on time. Trying isn’t it. We ha...

“Living life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning to play the instrument as we go along” naked. No rational per...

The secular world clamors with solutions to all our problems and concerns. Call this number and all your financial difficult...

In Latin inspiratio means "to breathe in." From this root many words have bloomed, two of which are inspiration and re...

Some time ago I had a conversation (berating more accurately) with an “adamant” my way or the highway Christian. You have probab...

Often we fail to measure the words we use or take the time to consider their ultimate impact. We have all experienced the sick fee...

As a younger man I wore the coat of the agnostic. Having heard so many say that God was love but if you broke a certain rule you ...

I began to follow politics in 1968 and came of age politically during the election of 1972. Since then one truth has become abunda...

A centipede was quite happy, Until a frog in fun Said, “Pray, which leg comes after which?” This raised her mind to such a pitc...

A while back a stranger commented on line that I needed medical help, based solely on my picture viewed on their mobile device. Prett...

 Did you smile at someone today? In the last few decades a number of studies have shown even a forced smile has positive affects ...

When we find ourselves drifting out of the present moment, by either dwelling on the past or projecting into the future we must be ...

When we turn our will and life over to the care of God, we chose the consecrated life. Our job now is to see the Presence of God...

Conditions in our life are the result of the crops (thoughts) we tend in our consciousness. If we nurture thoughts of pain, lack, ...

Since childhood we have been told that hard work equals success. Certainly we should always do our best, yet I think we can all p...

“Cheap optimism is never spiritual.” Never be satisfied or resign yourself to live with anything less than the full expression ...

Do you pray expecting to receive or with trepidation? When we pray with doubt, believing secretly in our heart of hearts that God ...

When there is nowhere left to turn, turn around, for God is always there. When in the grip of fear, pray lightly, with a feather...

Though an agnostic with an “attitude” into my 30's, in truth I had always been a seeker, often looking in the wrong places how...

We lay  “claim” to things everyday, usually without a thought. Whenever we start a statement with “My”, we claim ownership. Havin...

You are actively engaged in daily prayer, meditation and service, have given your will and life over to the care of a Power Greate...

Everyday somewhere a plane departs in the rain. The aircraft pulls away from the gate and takes its place in line for lift off. S...

“We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous and free. We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, tho...

We cannot have our indignation or “justified” anger and live on the spiritual basis. If we wish to comprehend serenity and know pe...

Occasionally a lesson in spiritual principles comes along that is glaring. Donald Sterling is a successful man as the world judges. Mone...

I have not always prayed. Sure, there were those furtive pleas of “please let me pass this (math, English, history, etc) test”, ...

It is suggested that we “pray with a feather” for prayer should never be hard work; it is our time to speak with Our Father. Wh...

Everything is connected. The belief that a problem or difficulty exists in one place and must be brought to God’s attention is fa...

A treatment is a prayer directed at a definite subject, something that is a pressing problem. Unlike general prayers that are a vi...

Some hold that it is selfish and a waste of time to pray for ones self, but how could it be? “Praying for ourselves is the reverse o...

The hen lays her eggs and then keeps them warm and safe until they hatch. What would happen if half way through the process she d...

Now that we have been on the path of spiritual living for a time, what is our course when faced with a serious problem or diffic...

Do you have to “find” time to pray and meditate? Really? What can possibly be more important than your time with the Miraculous?...

Fate, as a conscious power, is a convenient catch all for those confused or unwilling to do the work necessary to clear away the...

What we dwell on defines the course of our thinking and our lives. When we dwell on thoughts of “my bad luck”, “I’ll never find a g...

We have decided to make a change in our lives. Perhaps it is quitting smoking. We throw away our cigarettes (or smoke them up) and announc...

The world provides a myriad of answers and solutions for the problems and challenges in our lives.   Watch TV, listen to the radio ...