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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...
Insurance
Carol wants to talk about Jesus in New Thought terms, and how the various branches of New Thought approach Jesus in a different way. Rev. Bill shares his perspective f...
Oh, Jesus!
Carol wants to talk about Jesus in New Thought terms, and how the various branches of New Thought approach Jesus in a different way. Rev. Bill shares his perspective f...
Oneness, part 2
Carol has been reading the prayers of various Mystics who include a mention of Oneness, and noticed that there are many that include dualistic concepts and language. S...
Flow
The topic is getting and being in the flow - having an experience in which the events, activities and circumstance unfold in a way that is harmonious, peaceful and upl...
The Power of Words
Carol points out that scripture says that Death and Life is in the power of the Word. She and Rev. Bill dive into the tremendous power of words, especially when they a...
Grace and Graceful
Carol was inspired by a rich and complex presentation at the Winter Solstice celebration, and the way it came off smoothly even though there were a lot of moving parts...
Change
The topic of change has been coming up a lot lately for Carol, along with the challenges of dealing with it or avoiding it. Rev. Bill reminds us that change is always ...
Damnation
Carol wants to talk about damnation, and how it fits together with our negative self-talk, resolutions and change for the new year, and so forth. Rev. Bill's view is t...
People Who Dont Believe
What do we do when we want to help a friend who's going through a struggle, and the friend doesn't believe in the healing power of practical prayer, or the existence o...
Hope Hopelessness and Holidays
Carol had a holiday experience, noticing something different at the mall - even with the music playing there was a sense of emptiness among her fellow shoppers. Rev. B...
Prosperity Wealth Abundance and Money
Carol observes that many people use words like prosperity, wealth, abundance and money as though they all mean the same thing. In times of challenge, recession, inflat...