by J Douglas Bottorff | Dec 9, 2012 | Advent, Christmas Series, New Thought Inspiration, The Spiritual Experience, Unity
Click for audio: Faith and Expectation Christmas is a season that anticipates the coming Messiah, so it is appropriate to discuss the role that expectation plays in our spiritual approach to life. I have often said that faith and expectation are synonymous terms. If...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Dec 2, 2012 | Christmas Series, General Inspiration, New Thought Inspiration, The Spiritual Experience, Unity
Click for audio: Consider the Lilies Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. Matthew 6:28-29 God is an all-sustaining presence that great spiritual...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Dec 15, 2009 | Christmas Series
Watch Over Your Flocks J Douglas Bottorff In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Luke 2:8 In the Christmas story, sheep represent our thoughts. This scene takes place in the night which represents a...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Dec 13, 2009 | Christmas Series
Conceived From on High “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” (Matthew 1:20) The Gospel According to Matthew was written for a Jewish audience. The first half of chapter one is...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Dec 11, 2009 | Christmas Series
The Receptive Mind “Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.” (Luke 1:13) The above statement comes from the angel Gabriel as a promise to Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist. From a spiritual point of view, John the Baptist...
