Many kinds of prayer exist across the cultures of the world. All have their place and usefulness in our lives with varying degrees of effectiveness. But making prayer more effective comes from accessing Spirit deep within us. I grew up in the Judeo-Christian world (More precisely, Catholic). My earliest exposure to prayer was bowing my… More Making Prayer More Effective
Daily spiritual practice is a good habit to create, especially first thing in the morning. But the first step is to create a sacred space. To start creating a sacred spiritual space, pick a time and place each day for your practices where you feel safe. Somewhere safe makes it easier to connect with Spirit.… More Create a Sacred Space
Prayer is communing with Spirit. But what and how do we commune with Spirit? And what happens when we do commune with Spirit? One of the greatest gifts given in New Thought philosophy is teaching its students (notice I did not say followers) how to pray more effectively. Charles Filmore, the founder of the Unity… More Communing with Spirit
Being overwhelmed by the senseless violence in our country and world, I work through my feelings to find a way to return to love. I know that we need to return to loving one another, looking out for each other, and stop the madness within us first. The only way I know to do this… More Return to Love Prayer
You may have heard, in New Thought circles, about Holding Space for one another. Maybe you wonder about this or did not fully understand what it was all about. A healer does not heal you. A healer is someone who holds space for you while you awaken your inner healer, so that you may heal… More Holding Space: What Does it Mean?
Last spring, I wrote a 5-part series of articles on How Affirmations Changed My Life. The whole series was a precursor to my email course on the power of prayer to find peace and fulfillment. In the process of finalizing the series of articles for the course, our home and everything in it burned to… More The Power of Prayer, Part One
Visualization (directing your imagination) is a powerful tool in creating your goals and desires. Couple visualization with positive affirmative prayer increases your ability to manifest the things you want in life. But how do you create effective visualization? Shakti Gawain outlines steps to create this process in her book: Creative Visualization Set Your Goals Your… More Steps to Create Effective Visualization
In the last articles, I talked about my journey with prayer and affirmations. If you missed reading them, here are the links: Affirmations, Part One Affirmations, Part Two Affirmations, Part Three Affirmations, Part Four Part Five of My Story In Part Four of my story, I shared my troubled 20-year marriage to an abusive man. … More Affirmative Prayer Changed My Life, Part Five
While I am out of town on business, I would like to share one of the messages and prayers from Unity Booklet: Healing Thoughts INNER PEACE “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds” ~ Philippians 4:7 Within the innermost part of my being, there is a… More Inner Peace Prayer
Paul’s words in the Bible, ‘pray without ceasing’, always baffled me! How can we live in the world and go about our business of living while praying without ceasing? After much thought and study, I discovered that the only way to pray without ceasing is to express positive thanksgiving for life and everything in it… More ‘Pray Without Ceasing’ with Affirmations