by J Douglas Bottorff | May 7, 2017 | Practical Christianity, Spiritual Guidance, The Complete Soul, The Spiritual Experience, Unity
Click for audio: The God Perspective Click for YouTube video: The God Perspective In the New Testament letter of James, we find this reference to God as the, “Father of lights with whom there is no shadow or variation due to change” (James 1:17). Presenting God as...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Mar 19, 2017 | J Douglas Bottorff, nonduality, Spiritual Guidance, The Complete Soul, The Spiritual Experience, Unity
Click for audio: The Yellow Brick Detour We’re all familiar with the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, based on the 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum. Since its release, the film has captured the imagination of millions, both for its entertainment value and for its commentary on...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Mar 12, 2017 | J Douglas Bottorff, Spiritual Guidance, The Spiritual Experience, Unity
Click for audio: Above the Clouds Most of us have probably had the experience of boarding a plane on an overcast day and flying up through the clouds. The view rising above the dull gray day and breaking into the cotton-carpeted world of light is breathtaking. The...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Feb 26, 2017 | J Douglas Bottorff, New Thought Inspiration, Spiritual Guidance, The Complete Soul, The Spiritual Experience, Unity
Click for audio: Love, Thought and Emotion In this final part of our February Love series, I want to focus on the distinction between love, in the spiritual sense, and thought and emotion, particularly emotion. When the apostle Paul speaks of the carnal mind or the...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Feb 21, 2017 | J Douglas Bottorff, New Thought Inspiration, Soul Evolution, Spiritual Guidance, The Spiritual Experience, Unity
Click for audio: Love and Self-Preservation After last week’s talk, a question was raised about our strong and very natural instinct for self-preservation. This came because of my commenting on the process of letting go of the needs and desires of the self-image so...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Feb 5, 2017 | J Douglas Bottorff, New Thought Inspiration, The Law of Attraction, The Spiritual Experience, Unity
Click for audio: The Love Connection Entering the month of February, our thoughts turn to valentines, romance, chocolate and all the other culturally and commercially prompted things we associate with love. From a spiritual point of view, we may raise our thoughts to...