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October 2014

October 30, 2014

Demonstration 101

Years ago Jack Nicholson starred as a devilish character in the adaptation of John Updike’s...

October 13, 2014

Thank you Malala

This past week the Nobel Prize took the bold step of granting its Peace Prize...

September 2014

September 02, 2014

What We Learn From Despair

I always find it interesting to watch what the media pays attention to. Recently we’ve...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

Living the Menu of Life

Recently a friend of mine shared with me one of the lessons she’s been learning...

August 18, 2014

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

One of the best-loved fairy tales, and the first feature-length film Walt Disney ever did,...

August 14, 2014

Plugged In

Recently, I was walking down a city street when I saw a 60-something woman outside...

July 2014

July 02, 2014

The Lessons of Fear

How many times have you been afraid? And when you have been afraid, what action...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Pride is a Many Splendored Thing

The conversation is turning. Only a decade ago religious ministers across North America who chose...

June 12, 2014

Expecting to Fly

Spring is one of those great times of year when we start to see the...

June 05, 2014

What are you for?

In the days when I was building my Centre I noticed there was something that...

May 2014

May 21, 2014

Use Your Inside Voice

A few years back it was popular for parents to remind their children to be...

May 13, 2014

Courage to Answer the Question

One of the turning points in my life came out of the mouths of babes,...

May 07, 2014

The Crosswalk of Life

The other day when I was driving through one of the main intersections in town...

May 01, 2014

The Power of Saying “Yes”

Have you ever wanted something – REALLY wanted something! – but, when it was placed...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Walking the Road to Creativity

With spring in the air, many of us are taking time to get outside and...

April 22, 2014

One Mind, One Earth

There is an old Spike Milligan poem which tells the tale of a little girl...

April 08, 2014

Sacrifice Nothing

In the opening sequence of the 1960s TV show Star Trek the voice over said:...

March 2014

March 18, 2014

The Value of Failure

When people wear the green in celebration of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland,...

March 10, 2014

Look to Ukraine

For the last 10 days now the world’s eyes have been on Ukraine. And in...

March 06, 2014

Sharing Consciousness One Day at a Time

The other day when I was in Atlanta, I was approached by a panhandler and...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

Go for the Gold

Make no mistake about it; the Sochi Olympics had millions of people around the world...

February 17, 2014

The Power of Resistance

One of the most subtle ways that we get in the way of ourselves is...

February 10, 2014

Love is a Verb

When I was a little boy my mother used to sit down with me a...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

How to Use It

For the last few weeks we’ve been exploring the introductory chapters of the Science of...

January 21, 2014

Science of Mind: What It Does

Years ago I used to spend a considerable amount of time in my other favorite...

January 13, 2014

The Way It Works

The other day as I was preparing this blog, a congregant came to me with...

January 08, 2014

Every Thought Counts

Right now as this New Year is still shiny with possibility, many of us are...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Mastering the New Year Resolution

If the internet is to be believed, the origins of the New Year Resolution date...

December 23, 2013

The Power of Santa

Over the years I’ve heard many people bemoan the way in which children ask for...

December 16, 2013

Practice Loving Kindness

When I was a child, my mother always reminded me to be kind to others....

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