Category Archives: Belief

…having broken the bands of death…

“Having ascended into heaven, having the bowels of mercy; being filled with compassion towards the children of men; standing betwixt them and justice; having broken the bands of death, taken upon himself their iniquity and their transgressions, having redeemed them, … Continue reading

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Mediums and Haunted Houses

I have often wondered, after seeing Psychic Peter James, on the old Sightings TV show, why more Mediums were not utilized for paranormal investigation. It’s as though many believe that human psychic perception cannot be as accurate or verifiable as electronic equipment? … Continue reading

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Declaration of Principles

Below is the National Spiritualist Association of Churches of the United States of America Declaration of Principles, which I also affirm. We believe in Infinite Intelligence. We believe that the phenomena of Nature, both physical and spiritual, are the expression of Infinite Intelligence. … Continue reading

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Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus was born on this day in 1473. He was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which made the Sun the center of the universe. Among the great polymaths of the the time period, Copernicus was a mathematician, astronomer, jurist, diplomat, governor, physician, quadrilingual polyglot, classics scholar, translator, artist, Catholic cleric, and economist. Copernicus … Continue reading

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A Mystic’s View of Roe v. Wade

January 22nd, 2012 marked the thirty-ninth year of Roe v. Wade (410 U.S. 113, 1973). This was landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. Decided simultaneously with companion case Doe v. Bolton, the Court ruled that a right to privacy under the due process clause … Continue reading

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Why Are Conservatives Happier Than Liberals?

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Breath Of Heaven

How often we forget that these people, Mary, Joseph, Yeheshua, were human.  No matter foreordained for their Callings; no matter what divinity was in them; they lived, hurt, cried, loved and died like us. Hosanna to the Lord, in the … Continue reading

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The Unfolding Soul

I am often asked by customers, why they are suffering.  There are many answers for this.  Sometimes we suffer because of our own choices.  Sometimes we suffer because of the choices of others.  Sometimes we suffer because we live in … Continue reading

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The Widow’s Mite

“And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.  And there came a certain widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. … Continue reading

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Let Your Light Shine

I love this song, from this incredibly talented young lady and new Mommy, Bethany Dillon. “Behold, it came to pass on the morrow that the multitude gathered themselves together, and they both saw and heard these children; yea, even babes did open their mouths … Continue reading

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