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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Describe your “spiritual awakening,” as you call it.
It was a Sunday afternoon. I had not gone to church that day. In fact, I had not gone to church with any regularity for years. I was reclining on the living room couch, watching with the left hemisphere of … Continue reading
Posted in Awakening, Religion, Spiritual Enlightenment, Spirituality, The Awakened Life, The Enoch Factor
Tagged awareness, consciousness, do less and accomplish more, eastern religions, easterners, god, grace, How to Know God, law of least effort, PBS special, satori, spiritual awakening, started living, sudden insight, Sunday, woke up
Why have millions left organized religion, but are still interested in spirituality?
There is in everyone the longing to know intimacy with the Divine. The only difference between people—all people—is that a few are aware of this longing, while most are not. For those who are not, life is a constant challenge, … Continue reading
Questions I’m frequently asked: What is your experience with other faith practices?
I was introduced to many other religions, not intentionally, but more by accident. My father was a minister, but my mother was a travel agent and tour leader. When I was just a child, she began leading tours and taking … Continue reading
Posted in Rapture, Religion, Second Coming, Spirituality
Tagged buddhism, hinduism, islam, left behind, rapture, religious practices, second coming, tim lehaye
Questions I’m frequently asked: Are you still a Christian?
Interesting you would ask me this, as others have asked me this question, too, and I suppose it is because I no longer pretend to believe that Christianity is the only way to know God. Yet, as far as my … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Christians, Faith, Spiritual life, Spirituality
What inspired your book, The Enoch Factor?
I was with my father in the ICU the moment he died. When he did, something died in me, too. Although I had been a minister all my adult life and had counseled others in times of overwhelming sadness and … Continue reading
Questions I’m Frequently Asked: Why do you think the church is in a state of crisis?
The church today appears to be more lost than the world it’s trying to save. One reason is that the church has so wedded itself to western culture that Christians today look and live more like the culture around them … Continue reading
Secrets to Happiness and Inner Peace – Part One
What are the secrets to happiness and inner peace? Is there really a science to happiness? Continue reading
