Have you ever noticed that when you are thinking about a certain thing, those same ideas pop out of nowhere in many places? I recently I began teaching a class on The Power of Your Word . The class is organized by introducing a new spiritual practice each week. The first week practice was Keeping a Journal,…
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On July 25, 2018, I was sworn in as a citizen of the United States of America with eight thousand eight hundred other immigrants. I was very moved by the experience. A federal judge spoke convincingly about the rights and responsibilities of becoming a citizen. I have been a resident in the United States since…
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Sometimes our highest, holiest word is just two letters. “N-O.” Although it is not a positive word, “No” is a word of power. It is a word that helps bring clarity, set boundaries and produces freedom. Recently in a class I taught on Prosperity, we explored the idea that the language we use regarding our…
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The other day after a particularly emotional week, I started to think about the movie Ghostbusters 2. It’s the one where the Ghostbusters bring the Statue of Liberty to life using green slime and the song “Your Love is Lifting Me Higher” to save New York. With all the news and stuff going on in…
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Most everyone knows that there is power in commitment. The famous quote by W.H. Murray: “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself,…
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Dr. Heather starts a new class, Power of Your Word, on Tuesdays starting October 30, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The Power of Your Word runs for 8 weeks offering an introduction to affirmative prayer and designed to teach the basics. Thrilled to be teaching this class, Dr. Heather says it focuses on her favorite spiritual…
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Don’t you love a good love story? I know I do. Yet, when I think about those stories, they are fairly predictable. And when I say “good” love story, you know it has contained struggle, perhaps even heartbreak. A girl and boy meet, fall in love and live together in wedded bliss for 85 years…
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To prepare for this Sunday’s activity on generations within our congregation, I have been reading about the psychological stages of life and what is achieved in each stage. What interested me the most was the suggestion that each stage had an existential question associated with it. This work was done by Erik Erikson and added to…
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What are your favorite gifts to give? Are those gifts similar to what you like to receive? During our annual commitment program, we are planning to give some gifts to our congregation. As you may know, the commitment program is a time set aside to renew our commitment to our spiritual home. That renewal involves…
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