By Mitch Horowitz Why is the term “self-help” so often used in a derogatory manner in mainstream media? Writing in the opinion journal Aeon, journalist and social critic Elizabeth Svoboda recently sized up today’s self-help field and concluded that some cognitively based self-help books are effective – and well worth defending – whereas New…
By Harv Bishop All life and consciousness evolves says Rev. Chris Terry and New Thought needs to change to address the ecological and social challenges of our time. In an earlier interview on this blog Terry called for an evolution of New Thought, what she calls New Thought 3.0. Terry is a Religious Science minister…
By Rev. Steve Walling Why isn’t New Thought growing? Is it because we have gotten away from the basics of Dr. Ernest Holmes’ teachings or do we need to evolve and redefine New Thought and Religious Science for the 21st century? Today there is a conversation taking place within most all religious organizations whether it…
By Harv Bishop New Thought adherents can get caught in a narrow spirituality based on “I want it to feel good all the time and I want to have what I want,” says Religious Scientist Rev. Chris Terry. “There’s so much more to spirituality,” she says, “including compassion, humility, grace, surrender, mystery, wonder. We’ve got…
By Mitch Horowitz From time to time I hear from old friends, and sometimes from strangers, wondering why I occupy myself with what they regard as “woo-woo” stuff – that is, New Thought and positive-mind traditions. They are right about my commitments. Since the 2014 publication of my One Simple Idea, a history and analysis…
