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Penultimate
Carol and Bill have learned about the differences in the worlds of spiritual practice that each came from, and it's a lot! As the Practical Prayer podcast begins to wr...
Looking Forward
Carol is a planner, always preparing for what's coming up next. As the new year approaches, other people tend to do the same thing, and watching it brings to mind our ...
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Henry Ford said, "if you think you can, you're right, and if you think you can't you're right." Ernest Holmes expanded and explained how and why that applies to our be...
Release, Trust, Receive
Carol is making her annual plan for the upcoming year, and has noticed that there is a spiritual aspect that includes the ability to let go of the plan when something ...
Light
Carol has been feeling "brilliant darkness" in the world lately - from politics, social media, and the way people are interacting with each other. Rev. Bill explores t...
Ensembles
Carol has been listening to concerts lately, and noticed the way the different instruments blend to bring the music alive. She has a concern that the beautiful sounds ...
Heaven and Hell
Carol observes that notions of heaven and hell - what becomes of us after our human lives end - generate a huge amount of concern in traditional churches. Rev. Bill ex...
New Thought
Rev. Bill reminds us that New Thought is not new, but is the creative process that has been at work since the beginning of time. He then describes how the New Thought ...
Unity, Oneness and Fate
Carol notes the internal process we go through when we're dealing with a particularly challenging situation - surrounded by darkness, searching for a glimmer of light,...
Principle
Rev. Bill finds the New Thought teaching to be very simple and straightforward, and has been schooled by Carol over the many episodes of this podcast that people in tr...
An Awakened Path
Rev. Bill is back from the ANTN Retreat with news about "An Awakened Path." Carol imagines that it's about the spiritual path that each of us is on, moving beyond our ...
Gratitude
Carol notes that "thank you" shows good manners, but that gratitude is more of an attitude. Rev. Bill points out that Gratitude is the next-to-last step in a Practical...
Intelligence, Authentic and Otherwise
Carol has been aware of an increasingly chaotic swirl of events and changes going on, including the added complexity brought on by AI. Her question is who's thinking? ...
Timing
One of the things that used to drive Carol nuts was when someone was working hard to get through a major challenge, and wasn't getting the desired result, a church fri...
Buddhism
Carol loves New Thought, and knows that it is a composite of many religions and traditions. This includes Buddhism, and she notes that many of its peaceful practices g...
Belonging, or Not
Carol has been observing lots of changes, challenges and threats to the life and society we've gotten used to. She and Rev. Bill explore the in-your-face experiences a...
The Devil
Carol claims that the Devil is really popular. In thirty-plus years as a Pastor, she gots LOTS of pushback from congregants when she made the claim that the Devil does...
Changing Times
Carol notes the changes that are happening in our world, and ponders what is being asked of us as well as how our unique combination of gifts, talents and skills can b...
Always Yes
Carol recalls back to when she'd just met Rev. Bill, and he claimed that the answer to every prayer is Yes. That's different that the world of traditional religion, wh...
New Thought for the World
Carol and Rev. Bill took part in a special presentation for Interfaith Awareness Week, including a discussion of Practical Prayer, and how it can be used by anyone reg...