The relationship between those who have been abused and the church itself are not always what Christ would have them to be.

Every Christmas the Yuletide card portrays a silver star in a navy blue sky and every year the same heavenly object sparkles from the top of the decorated evergreen. At season's end the three wise men and their fellow shepherds gather at a hastily set up manger for the familiar nativity scene. Though it shimmers on the greeting card and its brilliance lights up the tannebaum, it wasn't a star that erupted into a supernova on that dark Judean night. The star that shone so brightly two thousand years ago was wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.

when life isn’t fair, disappoints arise and things don’t seem to make any sense remember Jesus is our comforter

When was the last time you drove down the road with out the radio in your ears? When was the last time you just listen to your kids, your spouse or a friend and not said two words? When was the last time you just stopped and listened to the coffee pot making coffee early in the morning?

What is a Near Death Experience? An NDE is an experience which may include feeling of being outside of one's physical body. The person may move through a form of darkness or tunnel...

Do you realize you are creating your future by the very attitude you possess?

The cost of freedom is not free! A reminder on this Memorial Day weekend of the cost.

Words, like music, convey an experience that transcends intellectual understanding. In this short passage I share reflections of an experience of being truly myself. As you read it allow youself to tune into your own inner emotional experience.

What's the difference? How are we supposed to tell the difference between the real healers and those who are selling snake oil? It's a big seller to claim that your work is divinely inspired. Even...

Knowing The Holy Spirit! “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses…to the ends of the earth.” ACTS 1:8 Thousands of evangelists from more than 130 countries have attended the International Conference for Itinerant Evangelists, sponsored by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. One year, I was asked to speak on how to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Just before I was to speak, I received a note from Billy Graham that read, “I consider this one of the most important addresses of the entire conference.”

No one likes the word selfish or selfishness, yet to be completely enlightened selfishness is what takes you there. When one is completely selfish they move to selflessness which works in ones best interest and it is a conscious selfish thought which is a part of unconditional love not a result of it.

It's an almost unbelievable thought, but could you be getting intangible value from having less money than you'd like? Is there something holding you back from attracting all the money you deserve but you can't figure out what it is? Is there some way your deepest beliefs and secret thoughts are sabotaging your best efforts to make money? Try these wake-up calls on for size and see if any of them fit.

Do you think it's acceptable for people to make millions of dollars selling us and our kids on the idea that pre-marital sex, adultery, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, selfish ambitions, drunkenness and things of this sort are O.K.?

Myths have guided man throughout the centuries and are to be found in every culture. They inspire; they guide; they teach. They provide sustenance to us humans as we travel this Earthly plane. Yes, this Earthly plane! Such a radical statement when you think about it. Since the dawn of time, man has been guided by mythology, and yet, he/she inspired its very nature and course of action. Myths exist for man, while man creates the myths he/she lives by. Such an interesting cycle don’t you think? One feeding the other as it were. We don’t often think of mythology in the modern age, only as a curiosity perhaps, but never as a true guide for our journey across this plane. No, we refer to other measures in this so called advanced age of ours.

Sometimes you have to see something to believe it. Like angels. Unfortunately, angels are adept at not being seen, yet many people believe in them. I saw an angel at work last year. No, I did not ...

You really want to be spiritual, but things keep getting in the way. Distractions, noisy and unsettling, come between you and where you want to focus your attention. True spirituality involves developing the ability, not to get rid of the annoyances, but to look past them, or even to see through them to view what is really significant and permanent.

There are as many Tarot games as there are Tarot aficionados, and a quick look through the Internet can locate more Tarot games than a person could humanly attempt to play in one lifetime. But this is the joy of Tarot – and of the Internet!

Discover 2,000 Year Old Zen Secrets To Feeling Calm, Balanced And Positive No Matter What's Going On In Your Life. See some of the things that steal your peace of mind and how to turn them around. Direct pointers included and ways to utilize material in your life.

We humans are a funny, funny breed. We spend our entire lives working and working and working to acquire ‘stuff’. We buy and surround ourselves with the biggest, fanciest this or that when all the while what we really need and want is something you can’t buy anywhere. The thing we all spend our time doing is looking to experience a feeling of significance

We have all heard about how this is an abundant universe. But how do we translate metaphysics into actuality? Discover two simple ways to open up your flow of abundance.

Humanity's interpretation of Unconditional Love is based on personal bias. In a world of contradictions and opposites, one decides how conditional he/she will experience love by applying unconditional love to conditional love.

Stress management gurus suggest that overcoming procrastination will clear up stress issues. Procrastination often contains hidden messages that when heeded help you to release stress. Read on for seven common messages of procrastination and stress management tips for moving forward with greater clarity and inner peace.

We all suffer from stress at some level and we all handle stress differently, some can shake it off and let it go while for others they suffer severe headaches, light headedness and our muscles become tense. Stress such as this over long periods of time is not good for us; however, there are ways to deal with it successfully.