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Unexpected Spiritual Experiences Archive
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Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Lost and Found
When I showed up the next week (closer to 10:10 a.m. this time), the little old lady said, “You came... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Light and Shadow
“I don’t know much,” I think to myself, “but I know there is truth in their steady breathing, and in... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: The Feminine Divine
She pointed to two girls and told them, then she pointed to me. “You, with the blonde, your Goddess is... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Coming Out
The premonition was followed by two additional thoughts. I needed to come out of the closet. I needed... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: I Don’t Know How It Ends
Doesn’t matter what you call it. What matters is that it calls you. It’s been calling poets and preachers, artists... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Sacred Artifacts and Rituals
I’m a faithful skeptic, a doubting believer; this is why these spiritual experiences were so unexpected. -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: An Object Lesson
I have felt those same feelings in and around mosques, synagogues, and churches of many different Christian denominations. Let’s add... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Mormon Soccer
It all feels organic and authentic in a way Church no longer does. Yet something about the early morning... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Spirit or Ghost?
Was it all in my head? Maybe. Was it a product of my environment? Maybe. Was it the result of... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Letting the Sea In
This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. That thought thrummed constantly below the surface, a drumbeat following me everywhere.... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: The New and Everlasting Covenant
The three of us met in a park one night and I basically gave them permission to date. It was... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Redemption from Pride
I kept toward the back, filled with the peace that comes from doing the right thing. I carried a sign... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: More Than Meditation
God knows that I have some deep and abiding struggles–religious conundrums with which I have grappled for years. -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: What If?
Now I was laughing, giddy with freedom. “I don’t know if You’re there! I don’t know what any... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: You Don’t Have To
More valuable than being obedient was the reminder that I have a personal connection to the Divine, and while a... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: And Have Joy Therein
Even then I knew my dream of open, inclusive temple worship was idealistic, unlikely to be realized. For now, however,... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: The Mystery of Spiritual Experience
And it all comes down to one thing: experiencing a sense of Connection. Connection with God. Connection with... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: That Amazing Grace
It goes on and on, this tapestry we weave with the Divine that moves in and out, going from the... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Letting Go
I realized that I’d always had it backwards. Spirituality didn’t come from holding the power of God inside your body... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Afraid to Pray?
I only know that I wasn’t strong enough to let the lamplight keep glowing, tiny as it was. I... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Knock, Knock, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
I got into gear. This was the main event. We took out our scriptures and flipchart. We...