spirituality

Never Lose Faith

In 2000 and 2001, doctors from the Mayo Clinic and Stanford Medical Center told me I suffered from permanent nerve damage and would never recover. Their advice to me: Stop pushing yourself and accept that you’ll never live the life you want. Despite this, a voice buried deeply within me urged me not to give [...]

My Christianity is as valid as yours

Matthew 7:1 Do not judge or you too will be judged. Unless you attend the same church and share similar backgrounds, chances are your version of Christianity is different from your neighbor’s. I believe this is what God intended since he created us as individuals and not clones. Christianity has a distinguished history of diverse [...]

By |2020-06-16T14:17:48-07:00January 29th, 2014|Spirituality/Christianity, Uncategorized|4 Comments

What science says about fear

Our survival depends on fear, our ultimate warning indicator. But, when unchecked, this reaction can paralyze us from experiencing what we want in life. As my regular blog readers and those who’ve read my spirituality memoir, “A Reluctant Spirit” know, one of my personal ongoing challenges is to keep fear in balance. Biology factors can [...]

By |2020-06-16T14:17:48-07:00January 22nd, 2014|Uncategorized|6 Comments

The Reno Gazette-Journal Publishes an Article on “A Reluctant Spirit”

May you find time to enjoy this amazing holiday season! I was fortunate to have the Reno Gazette-Journal write an article on my book, "A Reluctant Spirit: A True Tale of God, Ghosts and a Skeptical Christian." This article includes an interview with me about my experience. Wishing you the very best and a very, Merry Christmas!

Roles spirits play in our lives

Years ago, a medium told the caretaker of a historic building that the spirits there had worked together to get her that job. They’d created situations that led the woman to that position. This statement astonished me. I knew the medium was gifted, but could she have misconstrued the message? Could energies really guide us [...]

A Reluctant Spirit is now on sale at Amazon.com

I'm pleased to announce that my spirituality memoir, "A Reluctant Spirit: A True Tale of God, Ghosts and a Skeptical Christian" is now available in paperback and Kindle editions. View my book on Amazon. After you read it, I'd love to hear your thoughts here and on Amazon.com.

Frontier outpost Buckland Station stirs with spirits

In 1870 Samuel Buckland dismantled some Fort Churchill buildings he purchased from the government  to build his house a half-mile south along a cottonwood tree-lined stretch of the Carson River in northwestern Nevada. His home, an oasis in the Great Basin Desert next to the Overland Route, offered the amenities of a stagecoach station, supply [...]

God created nature, so God is in nature

The Great I Am dazzles me every time I venture beyond the city limits. Mother Nature brims with such heavenly energy that no manmade sanctuary could ever feel as holy as God’s deserts, meadows, alpine heights, oceans, lakes and forests. Someone I love claims to live without spirituality. But I disagree. I see his countenance [...]

A neurosurgeon presents Proof of Heaven

When scientists acknowledge the authenticity of the afterlife, it makes me giddy. They validate my beliefs, even if they aren’t referring specifically to my experience. In the book, Proof of Heaven, Harvard-educated neurosurgeon, Eben Alexander, outlines how his near-death experience (NDE) proves we survive in a different dimension when our physical bodies cease to exist. [...]

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