The Spiritual Forum

In this episode, Rev. Carol dives deeper with Katie Mahon and Joan Luise Hill on miracles. We go more deeply into the contents of their book, The Miracle Collectors - Uncovering Stories of Wonder, Joy and Mystery, and share favorite miracle stories. Many people think they don't experience miracles or that miracles have to be huge supernatural events. But life itself is a miracle when you open your...

In this episode, Rev. Carol engages with Katie Mahon and Joan Luise Hill on the topic of miracles. Both these extraordinary women experienced profound miracles in their lives, which set them in pursuit of the miracle stories of other people. This collection is featured in their recent book, "The Miracle Collectors - Uncovering Stories of Wonder, Joy and Mystery". In Part 1 of this conversation, Jo...

In this episode, Rev. Carol dives deeper with Dr. Brent Satterfield on exactly what his experience was like beyond the veil. What was his experience of God? How did he/she appear to him? Dr. Satterfield is a DNA scientist and author of the book, Bringing Heaven Home – We Were Never Meant to Do It Alone, where he catalogues his five personal and highly detailed crossovers with the divine. For the f...

In this episode, Rev. Carol engages with DNA scientist, Dr. Brent Satterfield, about his five personal and highly detailed crossovers with the divine, similar to near-death experiences. Each of these crossovers provided a unique perspective and through them, Dr. Satterfield experienced pivotal realizations that liberated him from the quagmire of inherited societal norms and more rigid religious tr...

As we continually develop our spiritual nature, we become more conscious of our inner divine powers and call on them to do the work of Spirit in our relationships, work, life challenges, and creative endeavors. We become masters of our inner gifts and use them for Good. In this episode, we share how we use these powers in our lives and reflect on how they work cooperatively to balance, temper, and...

Life is our ability to energize, vitalize, enliven, animate, and invigorate. It is also the energy of healing and restoration. So many people today live in fear, cut off from Life Itself. Fear of death. Fear of illness. Fear of failure. Fear of connection. Fear of living. Life calls us to be bold. It calls us to care for our bodies and heal. It calls us to create. In this episode, we share our exp...

Zeal is our ability to start and be motivated. Nothing is begun, birthed, sustained, or progressed without the gift of zeal. We may know zeal more as joy, enthusiasm, or passion. It is the inner igniting power that gets us up and keeps us going. After a year of COVID lockdowns and restrictions, many people are feeling unmotivated, apathetic, and lethargic. But those are not natural expressions! In...

Will is the directive power in us that chooses a course of action. When we don't use our spiritual understanding to inform our choices, we can be willful -- imposing our will on others or on a circumstance/process. But when we use our spiritual understanding, we make choices in line with Divine Will, and we are willing partners with Spirit/Source/God. In this episode, we explore our willingness an...

In the last episode, Rev. Carol spoke with Dorrie van Roij-Houtappels and Norberto Rodrigues who were featured in the documentary, Already Free, In this episode, she engages Director/Producer Kim Shelton about the making of the film, the spiritual process of filmmaking, how the topics of her film select her, and her own spiritual journey. Kim has been making award-winning independent documentary f...

ALREADY FREE is a beautiful award-winning film that documents the profound transformation of Dorrie van Roij-Houtappels and Norberto Rodrigues. Though living thousands of miles apart (New Zealand and Portugal) they travel the same path to awakening – a life cultivation path called Ren Xue. The practice opens them to the true freedom of mind and heart that is the ultimate promise of most spiritual...

Order is our ability to organize, balance, sequence, and adjust. The intelligence of the Universe expresses Itself as Order. The seasons, tides, and cycles of growth all happen in perfect sequence. Stories all have a beginning, middle and end. On the spiritual path, it is good to be mindful of the order in our lives. Experiencing 'disorder' is often an indication that we may need to establish orde...

We are each endowed with inner spiritual power – the kind of power we can exercise over our own selves, not over others. This is our ability to master or have dominion over our thoughts, feelings, and habits, and to move energy from one state of consciousness to another. The center of power resides in the throat chakra, for it is our voice that often brings the invisible (ideas) into the visible w...

Wisdom is our ability to discern, evaluate and make decisions. It is also our inner guidance/intuition and judging with spiritual discernment. With wisdom, we draw upon Spirit for guidance and make the highest and best conclusion for all. It’s a completely different function from the intellect which draws upon knowledge and tries to figure things out. On the spiritual path, we learn to use our inn...

Love is our ability to know Oneness with all that is. It is also our ability to attract, unify, harmonize and desire for only Good to come to all. Love has no conditions and sees no boundaries. Our world could use some of that now. Can we be love in the face of someone who has disrespected or harmed us? Or can we express love to someone who despises, mischaracterized, or misunderstands us? Can we...

Strength is our ability to endure, stay the course and persevere. It can also be expressed as patience, tolerance, steadfastness and balance. True Strength is not rigid, but flexible, like the tree that blows in the wind but remains firmly rooted. It does not seek to dominate or control. When we need to set healthy boundaries, endure hardship, quit a habit, stand up for ourselves, start a new prac...

What happens in our nation is a reflection of our consciousness. It is important that we watch how we respond to events because that will point us to what is calling for transformation and healing. That is why we are here at this time – to evolve our consciousness and usher in a new world. During these transitional times, it is important that we keep our vibration high, so we can anchor the Light....

Hope is to want something to happen or be true. In the depths of darkness, hope is the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. Hope is also what lifts our vision for the future. The birth of anything new brings new hope. Having hope is not about always getting what we want, because often our hopes are dashed. But if we carry hope in our hearts, we free ourselves to live lightly, joyfully, and c...

'You are the light of the world.' This profound truth implores us to shine the light that we are courageously into the world for all to see. So many of us keep our light hidden and we need to ask ourselves why. Our light is our creativity, talent, authenticity, generosity, honesty, love, and prayers. It is also boldly speaking our truth. Our light makes each one of us uniquely who we are. When we...

Light illuminates darkness. Darkness can be ignorance, the unexplored, unseen or undiscovered. It can also be the darker elements of our society that are generally kept hidden like corruption, exploitation, and human trafficking. Many of us live completely in the dark, not inclined to change or go beyond the perception of reality we are comfortable with. When we are willing to widen our perspectiv...

The Christmas season is nestled in the darkness of winter. It is no surprise that we light up our homes during this time, and that light is a prominent theme in the Christmas story. The light of Spirit is always with us, and poised to guide us. It is the light that guides our long journey to our highest self and fulfilled purpose. It can show up as inner intuition or as the guidance of another per...

Are you going in the direction you want? As we go through life, we follow a path toward our dream/purpose with varying levels of success. Some of us never leave our starting point. Some of us complete the journey. And some of us find sufficient satisfaction in the middle of the journey and never fully complete it. This is the hero’s journey. At its ultimate level, this is a journey through the dep...

Your heart feels all the feelings of life. It informs you. It expresses its hopes, desires and fears. It can be sweet and it can be volatile. It reaches out and connects to other hearts. It is your partner in pursuing your dream. It is always there for you. It is the seat of Divine Love and Wisdom. Frequently though, many of us override its message and instead follow our heads. This keeps us from...

Outrageous Love is unconditional Love. It has no bounds, forgives completely and is full of compassion and mercy. It is the Divine Love under all Creation that loves us! On our spiritual journey, we learn to accept this love and to love ourselves. From that place we can then love others without expectations or conditions. Embodying, embracing and accepting unconditional Love to the best of our abi...

This is Part 2 of Rev. Carol's engaging conversation with Colm Holland, author of The Secret of the Alchemist. During this conversation we continue our conversation about alchemy, and delve more deeply into the power and nature of unconditional Love. We also discuss the collective unconscious, archetypes, miracles, and vulnerability. True empowerment is unconditional Love, and when you open yourse...

This is Part 1 of Rev. Carol's engaging conversation with Colm Holland, author of The Secret of the Alchemist. During this conversation we learn about alchemy, the hero's journey, and the three phases of alchemy, which are pertinent to real transformation. Alchemy is the spiritual journey to one's true Self, to true empowerment. It is our journey! We also hear Colm's inspiring story of personal tr...