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Was just browsing GooTube and came across this interesting CNN tidbit. Although I generally have a distaste for most commercial media news outlets, this story caught my eye.
Its about a young girl who paints her idea of God. I’m open to all sorts of spirituality, and that’s not really the point of me [...]

You might call it a prayer bowl, or perhaps, a wishing box…whatever you little heart desires…it’s the place to share and write down your dreams…the things that seem so far away and yet so possible if you just put your mind to it…so take a deep breathe, close your eyes, and try to imagine what [...]

About two years ago, I wrote an entry about subliminal altars at my original journaling site. For those of you who may not integrate the spiritual element into your daily life, you probably already have created subliminal altars all around you. Subliminal altars are those places in our homes that we carefully arrange [...]

Sometimes I think the hesitation to write comes from the respect of the crisp, whiteness of the page. It is as though I don’t want to ruin it with my thoughts. Fill it with all the thoughts that bounce around in my mind. Yet fill it, I must. Releasing all those [...]

It’s been awhile since I last wrote an actual journal entry. I’ve been so busy with work, taking my cats to the vet, dealing with car troubles, the usual day to day stuff, that I haven’t sat down to just be. To think, to ponder, to reflect . . .
One of the thoughts [...]

Belief in a distant God creates in the believer a feeling of powerlessness and oppression. Simultaneously, it creates a feeling of resentment. “Why,” we ask, “didn’t God do something about the Holocaust? Or poverty? Or the violence in inner cities?” If these things are blamed on God, we’re off the hook. We do not need [...]

I envision God as another fellow artist, the master artist with a touch of scientific knowledge, but an artist all the same. Who else but an artist would create such beautiful scenic beaches and mountains? With the same token, the dark side of God’s artistic vision is illustrated in the creation of angry, fiery volcanoes. [...]

I started to ponder the art and spirituality connection when by chance I picked up a book by Jeanne Carbonetti at the library on Thursday night. She is author to several books on how to create art. The particular book I came across at the library, Making Pearls: Living the Creative Life, is [...]

I seek help and guidance in all things. I hear my guidance clearly and respond to it with attention. I am free to choose and free to honor my choices. I act with faith and freedom, moving to express that which is God within me. As I open my life to [...]

As a child I felt confused about Christianity, I never understood why a religion was made in the name of Jesus. While I never doubted his existence or his message, it just didn’t make sense that a religion was made in his name. Jesus was brought here to challenge the church, and our opinions of what it means to live a spiritual life. While it is important to have a spiritual community, it is also important to think outside of the box when it comes to our faith. When we set rules and dictate beliefs, we lose the message that Jesus wanted to share with us.