I Used To Be A Staff Member I used to be a staff member. To move the organization forward, we tried to be in agreement. Or at least, I wanted to be ‘on the same page.’   Harmony Or Not? Our son was in college and performing in choirs. I heard all the voices blend...

Freedom From Suffering? Years ago, I was driving on Westlake Avenue in Seattle and praying, “Okay, God! What is the point of The Soul Power Experience? Why am I writing it? What is the benefit?” I immediately sensed, ‘Freedom’! “Wow, freedom from what?”, I replied....

Believing God Is In Control Believing God is in control is helpful because "by God," at least someone is in control. When we lack self-control. When our circumstances are beyond our control. When the world seems out of control, then at least, we can believe that God...

Maybe It's Just Me Maybe it's just me, but I can't do anything that isn't doable. Doable can be defined as achievable and possible. Yep, that's me! It may not be easy, but it still has to be doable. I hired a business coach once, and when I explained I can only do...

I Felt Devastated Once upon a time, I was very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very tired. I felt devastated. On Mount Saint Helens Our family took a trip to Mount St. Helens. The devastation of the 1980 eruption was still visible. The ash-filled dirt still...

Sitting Across The Table If we were sitting across the table, my goal would be that you would feel heard and cared for. I would strive to understand who you are with no judgment. I would want to find a middle ground of understanding and love.  Dualistic Thinking Is...

What Does Brain Function Have to Do With It? Our Survival Brain is focused on the avoidance of pain and the repetition of pleasure. Our Mid-Brain is responsible for our emotional reactions. And our Front Brain is responsible for logical and creative thinking. Our...

When We Were Born Once upon a time, when we were born, our physical life began. We can imagine the prequel to our present life as a place of Oneness with God. Since God is Love, we are born in Love. So we can say our Life Story begins with 'God and Me' in Love. Our...

​When Hope Is Not Enough A post on Facebook caught my attention; a woman said, "I will never hope again." I imagine she had hoped for something or in someone that had not met her expectations. Maybe she prayed and had faith and believed as much as she could that life...

Is There a Cure for Doubt? I used to think doubt was good because we have to use faith to overcome our times of doubt. Doubt can be defined as indecision between belief and disbelief. Doubt is when we are unable to be certain. We feel pain, sometimes to the point of...

​What Is Our Purpose? Some people search for years to find their Purpose. They wonder and even despair if they are fulfilling their Purpose. I hope to shed a little light on their Path. Our Purpose is to move toward our Highest Good and for the Highest Good of Others....

Learn How To Plan Prepaid Funeral Plans I Am Honored As an Ordained Minister and a Certified Celebrant, I am honored to have officiated 28 Celebration of Life Memorial Tribute Funeral Services to date. I also facilitate a Grief Support Group at a local Senior Center....

When My Dad Died When my Dad died, I wanted to know everything about where he went. I read a book about Heaven. I kept my Dad’s work nametag on the family room mantle for one year, and then I put it in the dining room cabinet drawer. I talk to my Dad often, and I...

I Experienced No Walls In a hypnotherapy session in which I was the client, I experienced a place of Freedom with No Walls. The first time I had this experience, it was as though I had a hinge on the left side of my skull, and my skull opened. My brain and my mind...

We Can’t Take It With Us We all know that we can’t take our possessions with us when we die. Thus, our possessions are not the most important in our lives. We don’t take our bodies with us either! We spend a lot of time and money on what we have and what we look like,...

“When you change, be who you are and let everyone around you adjust.”~Mjellma from Kosovo Meet our Exchange Student, Mjellma Mjellma is 16 years old. She stayed with us for eight months as an exchange student. She left a month earlier than scheduled due to the global...

Someday We don't know when but someday, the global pandemic of 2020 will be behind us. We will work and playagain with a sense of freedom, as we did before. We have all changed. We have grown to love our familyand friends even more. We value the in-person connections...

We Are Chosen How does it feel to be Chosen? We remember being chosen for a sports team or a school play. Wewere chosen by an employer, a marital partner, or for a public position. The Truth is we are all Chosenby Universal God Source - not just some of us, all of us....

Listening to Your 'Still Small Voice' Listening to what is true for you is to listen to the 'still small voice' you hear from within you. And to listen to the 'still small voice' that seems to come from outside of you. We are encouraged to listen to the 'still small...

Finding Answers to Important Questions I have spent my 56 years finding answers to essential questions. And I have a propensity onlyto do what is doable. If a way of thinking or a way of behaving is not easy, I understand myselfwell enough to know I will not be able...

I Thought I Might Be Dying Okay, I wasn’t actually dying, but in the middle of the night, I couldn’t sleep. I felt warm, andthen I felt cold. I would cough, just once. During this time of the worldwide pandemic, we haveall wondered if we are sick with the coronavirus....

What is Real? For sure, your body is real. The chair you are sitting on is real. Your car is real. Your house isreal. Nature is real. And yet all of these things are temporary. So physical matter is onlytemporarily real. One reality to question is the thoughts in our...

What is ReaLife? ReaLife is being real about life! We feel what we feel. We think what we think. We do what we do. Weare all doing the best we know to do. Being real about ‘what is’ is the first step in being authentic. Beingauthentic is vital because hiding who we...

I’m Okay! I was 50 years old when I first felt ‘okay’ on the inside! I grew up with a bipolar single mom. I attendeda Christian University and worked as a staff pastor for 14 years. October 31, 2013 was the day whendiscovered that my Soul within in my body and is pure...