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Archive of posts filed under the Meditation and Prayer category.

How to Increase Your Energy Levels With the Power of Intention

Wayne Dyer’s tips for increasing your energy levels are too good to keep to myself! We listened to The Power of Intention on a Vancouver-Edmonton road trip recently; my husband loved Wayne Dyer’s tips so much, he plans to listen to the audiobook regularly. Here’s one of Dyer’s gems: “If you focus on what others [...]

Connect With Your Higher Power – 4 Tips for Spiritual Strength

Staying connected to your Higher Power doesn’t make your problems disappear! It’s better than that – these tips for spiritual strength will help you flow through your problems, to accept, learn, and grow from them. “It doesn’t matter what you call this Higher Power, it doesn’t matter if you come to Him or Her through [...]

Spiritual Ways to Cope With Illness – Beyond Prayer

These spiritual ways to cope with illness go beyond prayer. Don’t get me wrong: prayer is an effective way to cope with illness – but these tips highlight the importance of the mind-body connection. For instance, here’s what an art therapist says about coping with chronic pain: “Words may not be enough to express the [...]

Spiritual Christmas – How to Increase Spirituality at Christmas

A spiritual Christmas will make your holiday more joyous, peaceful, and fulfilling. Here are five tips for increasing spirituality at Christmas, starting with an inspirational Christmas quotation… “Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in [...]

Rituals to Celebrate the Winter Solstice

Each year the Winter Solstice graces us as the sun begins its journey northward from the equator. Throughout history, various cultures have performed rituals to celebrate winter solstice and show gratitude for the returning light. Yule (another name for this longest night of the year because of Norse pagans who burned giant Yule logs to [...]

Christmas Gift Ideas for Christians – 7 Holiday Gift Ideas

These Christmas gift ideas for Christians range from “Believe” or “Faith” signs to  Bible apps for smart phones. Use these Christian holiday gift ideas to find the perfect gifts for the spiritual people in your life…. Before the tips, a quip: “Late on a sleepy, star-spangled night, those angels peeled back the sky just like you would tear [...]

Contact Archangels for Help and Assistance

Many of us pray to our guardian angels during trying times, but we can also contact archangels for help and assistance anytime, anywhere. Angels and archangels are messengers of God and don’t belong to only one religion or spiritual tradition. Different faiths mention different numbers of archangels, including four, seven and upward. I’ve described four [...]

How to Pray as a Couple – 5 Tips for a Spiritual Marriage

Knowing how to pray as a couple can strengthen your marriage and spirituality. These tips for a spiritual marriage will keep you praying together – because even the most Christian couples get off track sometimes! “Talking to God – even with your husband or wife listening – should be as natural as talking to a friend on [...]

How to Pray for Others and What to Pray For

Knowing how to pray for others and what to pray for can ease your heart and lift concerns from your shoulders. When someone we care about is struggling or hurting, it’s natural to pray for a solution. But if we remain in a state of worry or project images of helplessness onto our friends and [...]

Christian Courses for Spiritual Growth – The Alpha Course

If you’re looking for a Christian course for spiritual growth, explore “the meaning of life” with Alpha! This course combines food, lectures, and group discussion; it’s a great course for couples, singles, and spiritual seekers of all ages and theologies. “The best way to define what Alpha is…‘an opportunity to explore the meaning of life,’” [...]