Everything is energy and energy is what humans are really made of. When we change our energy, we can change ourselves. That’s the basic premise set forth by Dr. Sue Morter in The Energy Codes: The 7-Step System to Awaken Your Spirit, Heal Your Body, and Live Your Best Life. Morter is preaching a message similar to that of Dr. Joe Dispenza and the lesser-known life philosopher Joe Burt—that when we learn to control and manage our own internal energy,... Read more
This is one of the 112 stories included in my new book Wake Up Call: Daily Insights for the Spiritually Curious. Have you ever had a tough decision to make, and you just can’t figure out what to do or where to turn? While we can tend to look outside ourselves for guidance—to friends, family members or even self-help books—0ften the answers we need are found a little closer to home. In The Benevolent Universe, The Story of Your Unique... Read more
Who is the best-known religious figure in the world today? One could argue the 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of the Tibetan Buddhists, an accomplished author, and a man frequently found on the world stage. But others will tell you it is Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic church. Francis, whose real name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was a surprise pick to become pope. The son of Italian immigrants and fluent in Italian, Bergoglio was born in... Read more
It’s Easter week and if you attend church services on Sunday, you’ll likely hear the story of the resurrection of Jesus. It goes something like this: Jesus was crucified, he died on the cross, and was buried—and on the third day, Easter Sunday, he miraculously rose from the dead. But what really happened on that day over 2,000 years ago? As it turns out, there isn’t one story about the events surrounding Jesus’s resurrection, there are several. In the Bible,... Read more
If you believe in life after death, where do we go when we die? Much has been written about the afterlife, and you’ve probably heard some of the numerous accounts of near-death experiences where people move to a light and are greeted by loved ones. But is this just wishful thinking? In The Place We Call Home: Exploring the Soul’s Existence after Death, the late writer Robert J. Grant explores the afterlife topic via the teachings of the famed clairvoyant... Read more
For the past 20-plus years, my wife and I have been besties with the same group of six married couples. At one point, we all lived and raised our families in the same little town on the Jersey Shore. As the years have passed, all but one pair has moved from this small town. Three of the couples remained in the same general vicinity, one husband and wife relocated to the Maryland Eastern Shore, another to the Charleston-area of South... Read more
If you’ve been on the spiritual path for any length of time, you’re bound to eventually find yourself asking: “What is my purpose?” You start to wonder just what your calling is and what you’re supposed to accomplish during this lifetime. Some of us know our purpose from young adulthood. Others figure it out along the way. But for a lot of us, our purpose becomes raising and caring for our families and engaging in a decades-long career. (In defining... Read more
For years now, I’ve kept a small notebook by my side. I use it to jot down everything from TV shows I want to watch to keeping track of my honey-do list, from scribbling down ideas for Wake Up Call stories to capturing fleeting spiritual insights. I imagine that Kevin Kelly does much the same. On his 68th birthday, Kelly decided to give his adult children a gift—a collection of bits of wisdom he had learned over the years, 68... Read more
Are you familiar with the “signs of the cross”? As a child and teen, I attended mass at the beautifully ornate St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Once during each service, we would engage in the signs of the cross, or what Richard Rohr refers to it as the “body prayer.” We would recite the words found in Matthew 28:19, “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” while... Read more
“I believe revolutionary love is the call of our times.” ~Valarie Kaur In See No Stranger, A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love, the social activist and faith leader Valarie Kaur wants to introduce us to a new concept of love. It’s a love not based on romance, or the brotherly/sisterly love known as agape, but “love in a time of turmoil.” Kaur is a civil rights lawyer and a member of the Sikh religion who chronicles her own journey... Read more
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