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When Prayers Don't Work
Carol asks about what's going on when we're hoping for a blessing - a financial breakthrough, resolution of a health challenge, or some other answered prayer - and we'...
Chakras
Carol has been reviewing an exercise with chakras at the annual Winter Solstice celebration hosted by New Thought Philadelphia, and recalls being impressed by the clar...
The Thread Between All Religions
Rev. Bill took part in the Parliament on World Religions. Carol wants to talk about what they all have in common, especially when it comes to the prayer practices that...
More About Karma
Carol has been reading, learning new stuff and coming up with new questions. Lately it's been a lot about karma, past lives, and how much we have to take into account ...
An Unlikely Duo - Rebroadcast
A rebroadcast of Episode 5, from the summer of 2021. How the heck did these two people get onto this podcast? Rev. Bill and Carol talk about their back stories, and th...
Pivot
Carol has recently become aware that she's been acting in a way that's EXACTLY what she didn't want to be. What's up with that!?! Rev. Bill discusses the value in bein...
Meditation vs. Prayer
Carol asks about the difference between meditation and prayer. What is the expectation from meditation, and do I need both? Rev. Bill begins with a very short answer w...
Artificial Intelligence
Rev. Bill is back from the INTA Congress with some concerns about Artificial Intelligence. Carol says it's just like every other technical revolution - until the idea ...
The Big Bang
Carol has noticed that sometimes Rev. Bill starts a Practical Prayer by refering to the Big Bang, or to darkness and void from the Old Testament, and now wants to know...
Angels and Spirit Guides
Many people believe in angels, spirit guides and other forms of input from outside ourselves. Carol is interested in the New Thought perspective, and how these ideas f...
Perspective
Carol wants to talk about perspective, and the way that things change based on the way we look at them. Rev. Bill points out that good news can turn out to be bad news...
Prayer Professionals
Technical difficulties leave Rev. Bill flying solo for most of the episode. He takes advantage of the situation to go into the fundamentals of doing Practical Prayer f...
Still Pride Month
The discussion of Pride month continues as Carol and Rev. Bill dig into the twin topics of the cohesiveness (or lack of cohesiveness) in the gay community, and the saf...
Pride Month
An inquiry came in from a listener for Pride month... "How might trans people use practical prayer when they’re being attacked, law-wise and physically? Safety?" It in...
The Will of God
Carol has observed that many people believe that the guidance from scripture, specifically Jeremiah 29:11, says that our lives are pre-ordained and God has a will for ...
Watching Our Words
Some people are very specific and intentional with their words. Carol and Rev. Bill discuss how other people, including very highly trained experts, can have a tendenc...
Gratitude
Carol and Rev. Bill mark two complete years of the Practical Prayer podcast with a conversation about gratitude - the attitude of thankfulness. It rapidly turns to the...
Fear
Carol spent time with a group, talking about their wishes and greatest desires. The biggest reason most people have for not getting or doing what they most want is fea...
Will Power
Carol explains the belief that we create our lives by force of will... by the strength of our determination and how forcefully we can focus on what we want. She and Re...
Duality and Oneness
Carol wants to know if "Oneness" and "Non-duality" are the same thing. Rev. Bill has some ideas, so after some discussion about the nuance of language, Carol invites h...
Celebrating
It's episode 100 of the Practical Prayer podcast, which brought up the idea of Celebration. Carol suggests that Celebrating is gratitude plus some work. Rev. Bill agre...
Nuggets
Carol has noticed that we never reach the end of learning, and get to "coast out" with everything we need to know. Rev. Bill agrees, and shares his experience gatherin...
Prayer
Carol wants to get back to fundamentals, and talk about the difference between Practical prayer and "conventional prayer". There are questions about how often to repea...
Change
Carol has been reminded by the beginning of Spring, that change is at hand. There can be a feeling of "suddenness" when circumstances change. She and Rev. Bill turn to...
Enlightenment
The word is "enlightenment". Rev. Bill has noticed that it means something different to different people. Carol's approach has been to study, investigate, and explore ...
Sin
Carol says that the idea of sin plays a huge role in traditional religion. It's all wrapped together with ideas of good, bad, judgement and supplication. Rev. Bill obs...
Paying Attention
Carol observes that there's so much vying for our attention that we can easily lose focus on what's really important to us. Rev. Bill agrees, and points out that when ...
Karma, redux
Carol and Bill have talked about karma in previous episodes, but Carol observes that there's still a lot to talk about. Together, they dive into the in-this-life karma...
An Overworked Conversation of Destination and Journey
Carol points out that we often have an understanding of the journey we're on, and an idea of the destination we have in mind. Then. something happens to make us questi...
An Outpicturing of Our Mind
Carol has been considering the "aha moments" when the things we've been learning about suddenly start showing up in our lives. Rev. Bill takes the conversation into wh...