Civil Conversation Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt for this week comes from a TED NYC talk by Megan Phelps-Roper, entitled “I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here’s why I left.” “I was a blue-eyed, chubby-cheeked five-year-old when I joined my family on the picket line for the first time…. I’d stand on a…
Be the Peace Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from two sources: DailyOM blogger, Madisyn Taylor’s blog for 7/06/2018 on Dispelling Drama http://dailyom.com and ACIM teacher Jennifer Hadley’s Daily Espresso blog for 7/05/18 on Peace Training. http://jenniferhadley.com/2018/07/peace-training/. “There are scores of people in the world who seem to be magnets for calamity. They…
Shamanic Approach to Healing Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from the Shift Network Shamanism Global Summit.™ The first talk of the summit is from Sandra Ingerman. “From a shamanic perspective, when shamans consult with their helping spirits to help a person who is dealing with any kind of emotional or physical illness,…
Myths of Scarcity Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from Lynne Twist, author of The Soul of Money, in which she identifies three core myths that keep us locked in an economy of scarcity.”There’s not enough to go around… Somebody’s going to be left out…. If there’s not enough for everyone, then….” <read…
Let God Be God Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from Franciscan monk, Richard Rohr in his daily meditation for 07/01/2018 entitled “Let God Be God.” “It takes a long time for us to allow God to be who God really is. Our natural egocentricity wants to make God into who we want…