Wednesday, May 16, 2012 by Bonnie
Julia Ward Howe, magazine author and writer of The Battle Hymn of the Republic, was sick and tired of the Civil War's devastation to families, the community, and the world. In 1870 she wrote a proclamation calling mothers to come together with a voice of peace...
Monday, February 6, 2012 by Bonnie
Have you had the experience of several streams of thought coming together into one? I did tonight. I attended a story telling class geared toward healers. Our instructor recounted a story which shared the same bones as The Ugly Duckling...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 by Bonnie
Over the years I have loved Martin Luther King, Jr for his commitment to living heaven on earth and I've disliked him for his alleged philandering. When I learned it was a mother who said to him in the grocery story "I hope someday our children can play together and not be judged by the color of their skin but instead by their character," I was angry he didn't credit her for these heart felt words...
Thursday, November 3, 2011 by Bonnie
The October 3rd post "Where has the Divine shown Itself to You Today?" was inspired by my phone conversation with author and mystic Sophy Burnham...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 by Bonnie
Friends, My heart is so full of joy right now. There are moments when I am proud to be an American. Where wearing the "country" label feels good upon my skin. Today, I experienced one of these moments. My morning started as it often does with a walk to my local Starbucks...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 by Bonnie
Surrender is the mac-daddy of spiritual practices. It requires us to Trust the Unknown and the Invisible (Love, Grace, Compassion, Right Action, Presence) so deeply we are willing to relinquish our mental prowess to enter into an experience which is beyond the mind...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 by Bonnie
"Nothing is sexier than watching active transformation" came sliding out of my mouth suspended 90 feet above the ground. I went zip lining with my friend Brandy last week. She was terrified. Okay, terrified is a generous understatement...
Saturday, October 15, 2011 by Bonnie
In the midst of writing a chapter today on "befriending loss" my phone rang. A dear friend/colleague of mine was on the other end. Between sobs of roaring tears she eeeeked out "I need help. Please pray for me...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 by Bonnie
I promised on my last posting to bring you an interview regarding affirmative prayer. This interview is with Angela C. Montano, a Licensed Prayer Practitioner, whose work it is to pray with individuals using this technology. She describes clearly the experience of entering into the spiritual field behind and within circumstances in order to call forth the spiritual reality not recognized until the moment of affirmative prayer...
Sunday, July 24, 2011 by Bonnie
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Expiate -- To extinguish guilt or to atone
In his essay, Self Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson says "I don not wish to expiate, but to live...
