BY HARV BISHOP Conservative critics of the mission of creating a world that works for everyone fear that individual choice in New Thought churches will go the way of the dodo bird if helping others becomes the norm. Some conservatives believe they will be forced to sit through sermons grounded in liberal politics, for them…
By Harv Bishop “The money that is now being spent in preparing for war would completely abolish poverty from the Earth. It is a terrific thing that, right now, the world is in a position to do away with impoverishment!” “…When only six percent of the National Budget is for the alleviation of impoverishment and…
By Harv Bishop Is Alcoholics Anonymous’s (AA) scrupulous avoidance of social issues a model for New Thought churches? As AA has a single purpose — alcoholics helping other alcoholics maintain sobriety, Religious Science and other New Thought churches have a single purpose — teaching spiritual principles, a retired Religious Science minister recently told me via…
BY HARV BISHOP Creating a world that works for everyone doesn’t work for everyone in the world of New Thought “If I show up at a [New Thought church] I am there for one reason and one reason only — the advancement of my personal awareness,” said a man on Facebook responding to an article…
BY HARV BISHOP A woman facing a life-threatening illness is empowered by New Thought ideas. Another woman grieving the death of baby grandchild was told at a New Thought church that the death was caused by the parents’ consciousness. These are stories from readers of our five-week series on New Thought: What Works, What Needs…
