By Mitch Horowitz No matter how busy you are it is always possible to find spiritual practices that fit within the confines of a hectic day. Here are some practices I personally use. They require consistency but not complexity. 1: Morning Connection. Upon waking it is crucial to make some connection to yourself and your…
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 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 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 Mitch Horowitz I’ve recently written on this page about the radical New Thought tradition of social rebels such as black-nationalist Marcus Garvey, feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and author and socialist activist Wallace D. Wattles. But Harvey Bishop’s recent interview with Rev. Chris Terry helped me realize that I’ve been emphasizing only the half the…
