Is your spiritual baggage preventing you from forming a meaningful relationship with God? Baggage is not the same as history. We all have a past, but whether or not we choose to carry it around with us and use it as a filter to experience life makes all the difference. Baggage not only distorts our … Read More
Is Jesus The Messiah?
I’m doing an advent series in my Facebook group based on the suggested readings from a little scratch-off advent calendar that came in the mail. Since I’m attempting to apply the readings to the lives of my group members, this particular reading was quite a challenge. Let me know if you think I manage it! … Read More
What About The Dream?
Nothing is oppressing you. You are free the moment you realize that you are. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. Do you know what it was? King felt that the declaration of independence “was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the “unalienable Rights” of … Read More
Restraining From Judgment
Today is my birthday. Riding on the Cardinal train to Chicago, I am presented with a gift from the Universe named Frank. A self-proclaimed redneck from Kentucky, Frank comes wrapped in overalls and a black t-shirt with a cross on it that says, “This T-shirt Is Illegal In 51 Countries.” He has a nearly-shaved head, … Read More
Zipping My Lips
As someone who was always very outspoken on the subject of politics, zipping my lips hasn’t been easy. As a minister, it’s not in anyone’s best interest for me to be judgmental. I work with people at the soul level, where we are all the same, and politics no longer ranks in my top ten … Read More
Release And Let Go
We are well into January, and hopefully you’ve set some amazing intentions for yourself. Personally, I have started hopping on the treadmill at 7:30am, while listening to motivational books on Audible. So far I have finished Psycho-Cybernetics and Big Magic and I recommend both of them. I’ve also started learning Italian using a free app … Read More
Authenticity
Aligning my values with my actions is one of the most difficult things I have ever done. It sounds like a no-brainer, but this is work…difficult, gut-wrenching, fear-raising work. We are all at different stages in this process. I remember when I was young and had no idea who I was, attempting to fit in … Read More
For the Love of Guns
I wonder how many times in my life as a minister I will feel called to address a topic that I do not want to discuss. When I receive these messages from spirit, I test them. I will ask, “Must I do this?” I long to spend my time healing others, not preaching to the … Read More
Forgiveness
You have been humiliated, shamed, emotionally traumatized, hurt, or physically damaged beyond repair. For any of these reasons, and perhaps some in combination, you are positive that forgiveness is beyond your grasp. What the other person did to you is unforgivable. You may even deem what you have done to yourself, or to another, as … Read More
The Response To Bad News Is Love
One of my friends called me out the other day. I had posted a video on Facebook about a young woman named Gabriela Andreevska who is helping to feed and direct refugees in Macedonia. “I thought you don’t watch the news,” she commented. It’s true. I stopped that practice over ten years ago because none … Read More
