by J Douglas Bottorff | Dec 13, 2015 | Christmas Series, J Douglas Bottorff, The Wisdom of Cady, Unity
Click for audio: The Everlasting Arms God … is the substance (from sub, under, and stare, to stand), or the real thing standing under every visible form of life, love, intelligence, or power. Each rock, tree, animal, every visible thing, is a manifestation of the one...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Dec 28, 2014 | Christmas Series, General Inspiration, J Douglas Bottorff, Letting Go, now moment
Click for audio: Happy New Now! The New Year celebration is one of my favorites because it’s a time of letting go of the old and bringing on the new. As I’ve said before, every holiday highlights some aspect of our spiritual awareness, and our New Year celebration is...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Dec 21, 2014 | Christmas Series, J Douglas Bottorff, New Thought Inspiration, The Spiritual Experience, The Wisdom of Jesus
Click for audio: The Emerging Soul Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit (John 12:24). Considering the context in which this saying of Jesus is presented, we tend to...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Dec 14, 2014 | Christmas Series, J Douglas Bottorff, The Spiritual Experience
Click for audio: The Soul We Seek The birth of Jesus, as we celebrate it in our Christmas tradition, is a combination of two stories that, taken separately, couldn’t be more different. Matthew (2:1-12), who was interested in portraying Jesus as the awaited king of the...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Dec 23, 2012 | Advent, Christmas Series, Unity
Click for audio: The Attracting Power of Love Today we’re looking at love as an attracting power, but along with the power of attraction there also comes the need for dissolution. Love is an attracting force, a healing power, as well as an energy that dissolves...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Dec 16, 2012 | Advent, Christmas Series, The Spiritual Experience, Unity
Click for audio: Your Messiah Awaits “Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you” (Luke 10:5-6). It is interesting to note that peace is a state of...