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The Need For Patience When Working Through Grief
I have found that lately, many people I know feel that they are grieving. They are seized with a sense of grief, loss, foreboding, sorrow and sadness. There isn’t any one reason for the grief - it’s more of a combination. Regardless of the reason, grief has the power...
Spiritual Approaches To Jealousy
I hate the feeling of jealousy. As I have written before, the word “lousy” is inside the word ‘jealousy.’ Because jealousy makes us feel so lousy. I wish I could just snap my fingers and not feel this corrosive feeling. But alas, I don’t have the power to take away my...
The Power of Coincidence And Perspective
Are there really coincidences? Is it kismet or serendipity or just good luck when things happen by chance? I don’t believe that there are any coincidences. I’ve read that nothing happens in God’s world by mistake. And that theology is a choice. One doesn’t have to...
The Healing Power of Gratitude
Gratitude is an important spiritual practice. To the naked eye, it doesn’t seem like it would be all that important. However, maintaining gratitude in life is so very essential to our psyche. I used to recoil at the idea of cultivating a spiritual practice where I...
How to Attain Spiritual Calmness of Mind
It’s hard to keep calmness of mind. But there is a great payoff to remaining calm under pressure. Inner calm is actually something that we can cultivate and will reap us dividends. Norman Vincent Peale said that, “the cyclone derives its power from a calm center. So...
How To Remember Who You Really Are
I wanted to write a blog post about hope. You see, I think as we journey together into the colder months, we need some hope to give us the ability to endure. Be be persistent. We need hope to remember who we are as things get darker and colder. So, here’s a blog for...
The Spirituality Of Service To Others
What is so spiritual about being of service to others? I mean, why do it? It’s not convenient. It may take lots of effort to do so, and it may even cost us time and money we don’t care to spend. Serving others is very commonplace - meaning, those that do it, are...
How Do We Know What God’s Will is For Us?
God’s will. That term has been thrown around so much that it’s hard to discern what it really means. What is God’s will for us? What does God want us to do? What does it mean for us to do foot work and leave the results in God’s hands? Is there really a God and does...
Spiritual Health (And Spiritual Aliens!)
A few months ago, a well meaning friend pointed out the obvious (to her) that my blog name “spiritual lens” looked like it had the word “aliens” in it. Anytime you have a confusing blog name, it is not necessarily a good thing. But then again, anytime you make a...