Bridging Inter-Faith and
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Poem: One from her book entitled, Encounter with God
Fulfillment of self is the ultimate embodiment.
There is only the ONE who can love you;
the one who receives you exactly as you are.
The giver is the greatest gift.
If you push your self from self awareness,
you push your self away from God within you.
Opposing nothing, ...
The New Year is here and in a few days, Christians around the world will observe what some call "Little Christmas" - the Feast of the Epiphany - Three Kings Day. In searching for ideas for a sermon I am giving soon, I came across this poem written by Rev. Howard Thurman. The message, I believe, is universal. Not simply for Christians but for people ...
Rev. Linda: Greetings, Rev. Rhonda! I am so thrilled to have this opportunity to interview you for our blog. To start, could you tell us a little about how you came to be an Interfaith minister?
Rev. Rhonda: Thank you Rev. Linda for this delightful interview. There are many fellow Ministers who have shared with me that becoming ordained ...
Reposted with permission from Linda Burns' Blog
This summer I had the extraordinary opportunity to travel with Flo Aeveia Magdalena and twelve fellow travelers to the south of France; to walk the path of Mary Magdalene where she lived and taught. I had a life changing experience when our group was asked by Magdalene ...
We are so excited to have the first of what I hope will be many interviews of one of our members. I welcome Rita Owen, a Spiritual Coach and Angel Reader. Her passion has always been to help people get out of their own way. She is a firm believer that no matter what you have been through you can live an extraordinary life. Rita can channel messages from the Angels. Her spiritual gifts have allowed ...
I am a believer in signs and messages. I love taking long walks and usually take my camera with me, capturing some amazing photos.
For instance, once, I headed up North Main Street to find a heart-shaped knot in the base of a tree. I felt like it was a message from Above, saying, “Psst, Linda, you are loved.” I mean, it’s not every day you find something like this, so it must ...
"If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails."
~ Leo Buscaglia
Many years ago, when I first began my search for those who believed that the world could be a better place, I found a book by Leo Buscaglia. His book, Born for Love, nearly jumped off the shelf into my hands. The minute I saw the title, ...
On May 20,2019, Wipf and Stock Publishers, through their Imprint, Resource Publications, released my latest book, The Call of the Mourning Dove: How Sacred Sound Awakens Mystical Unity. It is a slightly edited version of my thesis written in fulfillment ...
"Faith sustains us in the hour when reason tells us that we cannot continue, that the whole of our whole lives is without meaning...Faith and reason are the shoes on your feet. You can travel further with both than you can with just one...That's all that faith requires. That we surrender ourselves to the possibility of hope. For that I'm content." J. Michael Straczynski ...
As I was flipping through my photos, I came upon one I took after a dove landed outside the window one cold February morning, cooing softly. I remember that at that moment, I felt the dove’s appearance was a visible sign that Spirit, most often portrayed as a dove, was with me. Finding that photo on a gorgeous spring day, I knew Spirit was calling me to write.
When I attended ...