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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...
The Truth
Carol wants to talk about "the Truth", and whether life experience and our own reasoning influence what is true for us vs. what is true for someone else. Rev. Bill tak...
Allowing
Carol has noticed that we have a tendency to maneuver, coerce or control circumstances in an effort to have things go our way. She and Rev. Bill talk about the ways th...
Discernment
By "discernment", Carol is refering to the understanding of the meaning behind an event or experience. Rev. Bill dives into the discussion of how we activate our intui...
How It Works
Carol is off this week, so Rev. Bill dives into one of his favorite topics - how and why does practical prayer work. He gleefully embarks upon an explanation of the pr...
Fate
Carol wants to talk about Fate - the idea that we're just coasting through life and everything is pre-ordained and "coming to an expected end". Rev. Bill thinks this ...
Valley of the Shadow
A listener lost her partner of 40 years, and wants to know how Practical Prayer can help. Rev. Bill points out that trying to skip over the painful part of grieving is...
I Am God
People sometimes hear incredible arrogance when someone says "I am God", which Carol has heard from various directions for decades. Rev. Bill puts the resistance in co...
Allowing, Surrender and Submission vs Ego
Carol says that "submission" is a dirty word to women with an independent spirit. It's used a lot in scripture, especially towards husbands. Together with Rev. Bill, t...
Control Freaks
When our podcast began over a year ago, Carol routinely described herself as "a card-carrying Control Freak". There have been many examples along the way of how she ha...
Newness
There is a lot of newness at hand - new experiences, new events, new activities and new things are showing up in many exciting ways in Carol's life. Rev. Bill notes th...
Channeled Consciousness
Carol talks about Channels - people who speak on behalf of non-living entities, who share very powerful insights that fit well with New Thought teachings. Rev. Bill ad...
All is Mind
Carol is intrigued by the notion that "all is Mind". Rev. Bill points out that this is an anchor point in the New Thought philosophy, and the two get into a discussion...
Spiritual or Religious
Carol has noticed the term "SBNR" gets used a lot, meaning Spiritual But Not Religious. Rev. Bill joins in to explore religion, spirituality, how they connect, and how...
Two Steps for Jesus
Carol wants to know why there are five steps in a Practical Prayer, but Jesus didn't have to do them all - he usually skipped the first two. Rev. Bill explains how the...
New Thought Denominatons
Carol has noticed that there are many branches of the New Thought teaching, including larger ones like the Unity, Religious Science, Divine Science, and the United Fou...
Back to Basics
Carol sees New Thought as a vast landscape, and finds it helpful to focus in on the basics to avoid getting lost in the nuance. Rev. Bill points out that, in this teac...
Treatment
When Carol first heard the term "spiritual mind treatment" it sounded like threatening, nonsensical hokey woo-woo voodoo. Now, understanding that it's a form of prayer...
Infinity and One Mind
Our thoughts, and particularly our beliefs, create our experience of life. Our experiences, in turn, provide insight into what we prefer and don't prefer, which then l...
Karma
In Carol's religion of origin, the notion of karma was mostly addressed as "you reap what you sow". Other traditions have other views. Together, she and Rev. Bill expl...
How Spirit Works
Carol zeroes in on the basic "how it works, and how to work it" aspect of Practical Prayer. The conversation takes a deep dive into gratitude. There are, sadly, some i...
Defining Moments
There are moments throughout our lives that redefine who and what we are - turning points and momentous moments of change that bring huge transformation. Sometimes, wh...
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...
Work, Stress, Struggle and Clutter
Carol likes the idea of doing "work" in her spiritual practice... taking steps, making progress, and being proactive in her personal growth. She also notes that when t...
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...
Rejoice in All Things
Carol points out scripture which says we should rejoice in all things, along with the question about how we can rejoice in a tragic situation. Rev. Bill is on board wi...
Healing and Medicine
In Carol's earlier life, healing prayer was done all the time, but Faith Healing was outside of "church". Rev. Bill digs into the convergence of medicine, healing, and...
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...
Demonstration and Manifestation
Carol has noticed that the big buzzword in the self-help world is "manifestation". She knows that there's more to it than simply repeating affirmations. Rev. Bill dive...