Category Archives: The Church of What’s Happening Now

We live into who we are. It is easier with support and encouragement, but even without it, there is something in us that craves expression and needs us to champion its cause against all odds. We have to find our voice and sing, or find our rhythm and dance, or find our wings and fly…Continue reading “August 09-A, 2022”

This is an excerpt from “The Nature of Spiritual Reality I,” from my book, “A Handbook for the Spiritual Journey” on WordPress: All knowing is tentative, conditional, specific to this here and this now, and things are always shifting, changing, calling for something different in the next here and now, or the one after that.Continue reading “August 08-C, 2022”

No highs, no lows. “Hold her steady as she goes.” There are no steady states of being, so we opt for the next best thing, keeping the wobbles within a normal distribution curve. This is the meaning of, “The hills and mountains will be made low, the valleys and the swamps will be lifted up,”Continue reading “August 08-A, 2022”

Silence is a lost art and the primary source of realization. Things occur to us out of the silence. We can ponder the solution to a problem for days and take a shower and there it is with a clarity and certainty that leave all questions answered. Or we can wrestle with what to doContinue reading “August 07-A, 2022”

How often, and at what point, does your personal gain factor into your choices and decisions? That is where we step into the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and where we go from there, what we do then, tells the tale. Where we go from there, and what we doContinue reading “August 05-E, 2022”

The following is an excerpt from my book, “A Handbook for the Spiritual Journey,” on WordPress: “Less than 45% of registered voters turn out to vote in most elections. 50% of 45% is only 25% of the voters registered to vote. If you cannot scare 25% of the registered voters into voting for you, youContinue reading “August 05-B, 2022”

Whatever the next thing is that gets you down, tell yourself that Helen Keller had it much worse, and stand up and do what needs to be done. Helen Keller–and Anne Sullivan– are my Go To women of courage and valor. And they are way ahead of any men I can think of. Helen KellerContinue reading “August 04-B, 2022”

We recover our balance and harmony by sitting still in a quiet place and breathing normally while focusing intently on our breathing. Breathe in. Say it mentally as you do. Breathe out. Say it. Pause between breaths for a count of five. Breathe in. Say it. Breathe out. Say it. Count. Do that for threeContinue reading “July 31-A, 2022”

Where do you go for comfort and peace? What restores your soul? Your connection with soul? What do you do to experience the goodness of place and time? The right kind of bookstore does that for me. And the right kind of restaurant. Lakes and woods. Music. The right kind of coffee. Rainy days. UsedContinue reading “July 29-C, 2022”

We all draw the line in places and in ways that suit us. Other people would have us draw it in different places which would suit them. We have to draw our own line in places and in ways that suit us Opening the way for Fraser Snowden’s remark, “The only true philosophical question isContinue reading “July 28-A, 2022”

It is all useless, pointless, hopeless, futile and absurd, and that’s where we come in, as Doctor Who (Steven Moffat) would say. It is our place to remain in place on the Anchor Stone of our original nature and the innate virtues that are ours from birth, and say, “So what?” adding: “What’s the useContinue reading “July 27-B, 2022”