By HARV BISHOP New Thought teachings often speak of scarcity consciousness versus a consciousness of abundance. But there is more to those teachings than the size of your bank account. Michael Bernard Beckwith, spiritual director of Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, said these teachings hold the key to healing the relationship between human…
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 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 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…
