The time for spiritual bypassing is over
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The time for spiritual bypassing is over

New Thought should not be a safe haven for the comfortable By Rev. Dr. Raymont Anderson There was a time when those in New Thought — Emma Curtis Hopkins, Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, Ernest Holmes and others — would make bold declarations about living a prosperous life, the nature of God, and emancipation from suffering….

Is Donald Trump New Thought’s Frankenstein’s Monster
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Is Donald Trump New Thought’s Frankenstein’s Monster

By HARV BISHOP Did New Thought create Donald Trump? Check your blood pressure right now. Hear me out. Take some deep breaths while we unpack the premises for this question, which is critical for the future of New Thought and social justice. This week I had a thought-provoking dialogue with New Thought minister Gaylon McDowell…

If Oneness is the Reality, How Can We Not Be Complicit in Racism?

If Oneness is the Reality, How Can We Not Be Complicit in Racism?

By JIM LOCKARD Last year, in a post on my Spiritual Evolutionary blog, I wrote of racism “We are all complicit in allowing this kind of consciousness to be in power. The changes required are deep and challenging.” Racism and related levels of consciousness exist across our society. How we come to terms with that…

Is the World Going to Hell or is This Part of God’s Plan?
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Is the World Going to Hell or is This Part of God’s Plan?

BY TIM BOTTA People are scared. Many report that they feel as though they were “living in the twilight zone.” Others report that they feel that they’ve become trapped in a dystopian science-fiction story, or a fairy-tale in which an entire kingdom has become spellbound by a tyrannical wizard. I have heard people say that…

Finding Sacred Spaces in Unexpected Places
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Finding Sacred Spaces in Unexpected Places

BY HARV BISHOP The Abbey Road Studios that my wife Diane and I visited last week are as much a place of pilgrimage as Fatima or Assisi where we visited last spring. Abbey Road is the recording studio in suburban London where the Fab Four recorded one trailblazing album after another from 1963-1969. Yes, I’m…